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Definition
Oxtail; the tail of a cow or steer, typically used to make soup or stew.
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How it's used
Oxtail is a prized ingredient in Cantonese home cooking, particularly for slow-cooked soups or braised dishes. It is almost always paired with root vegetables like carrots or potatoes to balance the richness of the meat and marrow. When ordering at a restaurant, you will often see it prepared in a tomato-based sauce, which is a classic Hong Kong style dish.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
