har cheong

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Cantonese:

虾酱

jyutping:

haa1 zoeng3

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noun

  1. a Chinese fermented shrimp paste, used as a condiment in dishes such as har cheong gai.

    2. There’re many types of fermented prawn paste. I could smell this one once the bottle was open.
    OMG, this is potent stuff!
    It wasn’t belachan ... Nor was it Penang hae ko ...
    What I had was har cheong, a liquid prawn paste made in Hong Kong. It was a very appetizing grey – oh yum! ...

    — 2022 November 8. KitchenTigress, "Har Cheong Gai (Prawn Paste Chicken) (I)". https://kitchentigress.com/how-to-make-har-cheong-gai/


related:

belacan hae bi hiam hae ko sambal belacan petis udang har cheong gai tau cheõ tau cheo

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