Chinese · IV The Method
Fuqi Fei Pian Technique — The Cold Dish Standard (夫妻肺片)
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Origin
Chengdu, Sichuan Province — attributed to Chen Senfu and Zhang Tianzheng, 1930s
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Description
Technical deep-dive into the most iconic Sichuan cold dish — husband and wife lung slices. The classical version uses ox heart, tongue, tripe, and tendon (not lung, as the original offal is now rarely used). Each cut must be cooked to its specific ideal texture: tongue boiled until just tender, tripe briefly blanched, tendon gelatinous. All dressed in Sichuan cold dish sauce.
III
The Thread
—Lyonnaise salade de tablier de sapeur (offal salad)
—Japanese gyutan (ox tongue)
—Italian bollito misto (mixed boiled meats, served differently)
IV
Flavour Context
Multiple textures within one dish: silky tongue, chewy tripe, gelatinous tendon — all unified by the assertive Sichuan cold dressing
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