Orange cuttlefish

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Orange cuttlefish
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Origin
Alternative name(s) Orange squid
Place of origin Guangdong or Chaozhou
Details
Main ingredient(s) cuttlefish
Orange cuttlefish
Traditional Chinese 鹵水墨魚
Simplified Chinese 卤水墨鱼
Literal meaning soy-sauce stew cuttlefish

Orange cuttlefish or Orange squid is the most common English name used for the cuttlefish dish in Cantonese cuisine. It is a siu mei although it is not quite roasted. The dish is most commonly found in Southern China, Hong Kong and overseas Chinatowns.[1]

Names

A cuttlefish or squid can be used interchangeably, though they both share the same Chinese food name (鹵水墨魚). It is also shortened most of the time to just (墨魚).

The name "Orange" has been used to distinguish it by color. The fruit orange does not have anything to do with the dish.

Cantonese cuisine

The orange color comes from food coloring dye. Some flavors are added in order to enhance the taste of the cuttlefish. It has a unique soft-crisp (爽, jyutping: song2) texture, generally not found in any other meat.

When served, it is usually sliced into tiny pieces. It comes with a black soy sauce-based dipping gravy called (水, jyutping: lou5 seoi2) that gives it a mildly salty flavor. The sauce is culturally accepted to originate in Guangdong or Chaozhou cuisine.

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References

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