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| Chenpi drying in the sun in Hong Kong | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳皮 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈皮 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | aged peel | ||||||||||
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Chenpi or chen pi is sun-dried tangerine (mandarin) peel used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and traditional medicine. They are aged by storing them dry. They have a pungent and bitter taste.
Some tong sui desserts such as red bean soup will use this occasionally.
Within American Chinese cuisine, it is used in "orange dishes" such as orange flavored beef or orange flavored chicken.
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