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| '''Chinese sausage''' or '''''lap cheong''''' (]: 臘腸, ]: 腊肠; ]: laap6 cheong2; ] ]: làcháng) is a dried, hard ] usually made from ] meat and a high content of fat. It is normally smoked, sweetened and seasoned. It is used as a condiment in many stirfried ], and ], such as ] and ], a popular noodle dish in ] and ]. It is available in Chinese markets and ] shops. | '''Chinese sausage''' or '''''lap cheong''''' (]: 臘腸, ]: 腊肠; ] ]: lahp chéung, ]: laap6 cheong2; ] ]: làcháng; literally means waxed sausage) is a dried, hard ] usually made from ] meat and a high content of fat. It is normally smoked, sweetened and seasoned. It is used as a condiment in many stirfried dishes in ], the ] of ], ] and ], and countries in ], such as ] and ], a popular noodle dish in ] and ]. It is available in Chinese markets and ] shops. | ||
| ] also produces a similar form sausage, however it is not dried and a bit sweeter in taste. These sausages are usually made by local ]s and sold at the markets. Although much loved by Taiwanese everywhere, these sausages not commonly available outside the country. | ] also produces a similar form sausage, however it is not dried and a bit sweeter in taste. These sausages are usually made by local ]s and sold at the markets. Although much loved by Taiwanese everywhere, these sausages not commonly available outside the country. | ||
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Chinese sausage or lap cheong (Traditional Chinese: 臘腸, Simplified Chinese: 腊肠; Cantonese Yale: lahp chéung, Jyutping: laap6 cheong2; Mandarin Pinyin: làcháng; literally means waxed sausage) is a dried, hard sausage usually made from pork meat and a high content of fat. It is normally smoked, sweetened and seasoned. It is used as a condiment in many stirfried dishes in Hong Kong, the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan, and countries in Southeast Asia, such as fried rice and char kway teow, a popular noodle dish in Malaysia and Singapore. It is available in Chinese markets and meat shops.
Taiwan also produces a similar form sausage, however it is not dried and a bit sweeter in taste. These sausages are usually made by local butchers and sold at the markets. Although much loved by Taiwanese everywhere, these sausages not commonly available outside the country.
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