Breakfast Bowl ยท Sipped, Not Spooned
Chaogan (Stewed Liver and Intestine)
Photo: N509FZ / Wikimedia Commons ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
Despite the name, nothing is stir-fried: it is simmered. Traditionally diners skip utensils, lifting the bowl and sipping around its rim.
Pork intestine and liver simmered in a dark, garlicky broth thickened with starch into a glossy gravy.
Why it's made this way: Created at Huixianju near Qianmen around 1900 and carried on by Tianxingju after the two merged in 1956, it is a standard Beijing breakfast, usually eaten with small steamed baozi.
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