Stewed tuotuosu pork

Public reference · Home adaptation “Stewed tuotuosu pork” is the only stewed dish on the table, and the most demanding, not because of seasoning but because of the heat. “Tuotuo” names the shape: the entry gives the Yi name as “usese jio”, meaning chunks of pork, each weighing two or three liang, hence “lump”. The dish is written 坨坨肉 in the Liangshan and Diqing area, and that same entry states directly that “砣砣肉 is now a well-known dish of the Liangshan area” — one thing under two names. It must nonetheless be said clearly: what that entry records is the foodway of the Yi and Tibetan areas of southern Sichuan, whereas a jiudouwan is a feast of the western Sichuan plain. The two do not coincide, and this entry does not claim a line of transmission between them. The seat record lists the dish among the stews, so this version writes the step as a stew with a little water over low heat, while keeping the core of the source — nothing goes into the pot, seasoning is applied only after cooking. The entry's plain boiling differs from that, and the difference is recorded in the editorial notes. The entry also records that the meat is eaten with the hands, without bowl or chopsticks; here that is replaced with serving spoons and chopsticks as a matter of food safety. **This entry previously cited several `newton.com.tw/wiki/<dish-name>` links (such as 燒白, 紅燒肘子, 燒什錦 and 夾沙肉). On checking, every one of them returned 404 — those pages do not exist on the encyclopedia; the links had been constructed by pattern. They have all been removed. The method here rests on the openable sources listed above. If a matching entry does exist for this dish, cite the page that actually exists rather than guessing a URL from the dish name.****The seat record names the dish but not the method**: the local-history account states that stewed dishes such as stewed tuotuosu pork “cannot be omitted”, giving the name only. This version's method is taken from the public encyclopedia entry for tuotuosu rou (which gives the Yi name as “usese jio”, meaning chunks of pork; notes that each piece weighs two or three liang and so takes the form of a lump; records the Liangshan practice of cutting pig, ox or sheep on the bone into fist-sized blocks, boiling them in plain water until about eighty per cent done, tipping them into a winnowing basket and tossing with salt until it penetrates, after which they are ready to eat, apart from salt nothing else being added, no bowl or chopsticks used, the meat taken with the hands; and states that the crux is judging the heat properly — short and it is raw, a moment over and the meat turns hard — further recording that 砣砣肉 is now a well-known dish of the Liangshan area). It has no exclusive correspondence to jiudouwan. **The relationship between the two names is stated**: the seat record writes 砣砣酥, the encyclopedia writes 坨坨肉; these are one dish, and the correspondence is confirmed by the entry's own sentence mentioning 砣砣肉. **The regional difference is disclosed**: the cited method comes from the Yi and Tibetan areas of southern Sichuan (Liangshan, Diqing), whereas a jiudouwan is a feast of the western Sichuan plain. The regions do not overlap, and this entry does not claim a line of transmission between them. **“Boiled” is changed to “stewed”, and stated**: the cited method is plain-water boiling, lifted out when done, with no seasoning. The seat record files this dish among the stews, so this version adds a little water and cooks covered over low heat — but it **still keeps the core that nothing goes into the pot and all seasoning is applied after cooking**, and has not slipped in bean paste or soy. This is an editorial decision, not the original method. **The eating-with-hands habit is rewritten for safety**: the cited entry records that “apart from salt no seasoning is added, no bowl or chopsticks are used, and it is taken with the hands”. Here serving spoons and chopsticks are used instead, a change made for hygiene and safety. **Quantities are editorial and untested**: 1200 g of meat, 120–150 g blocks and 40–50 minutes of stewing are editorial settings for six servings; not kitchen-tested. The doneness judgement is experiential and has no exact timing to rely on. **Technique only, no therapeutic claims**: the cited entry includes a remark that a sour vegetable soup cuts the grease; none of it is adopted. This dish contains none of the main allergens; only water goes into the pot, but check the labels of the meat and seasonings used. It **must be cooked thoroughly**: the blocks are thick and on the bone, and undercooked meat carries a real risk of foodborne illness. Judge by whether a skewer passes through the thickest block with no resistance and comes out clear, and if in doubt stew it another ten minutes. Bone-in blocks have bones; for children and the elderly, serve with serving spoons and check the bones. Contains meat; not a vegetarian dish. 阿坝州地方志办公室：传统川菜“九斗碗”（发布 2013-08-09） — Menu source 1. It records jiudouwan as also called tianxi and san-zheng-jiukou-xi; the three steamed dishes as rice-flour pork, savory and sweet shaobai (jiasha rou); the braises as braised or steamed pork elbow, pork with bamboo shoots, mixed braise (shaoshijin), re-cooked chicken and fish with chili-bean paste; the cold dishes as stewed dishes such as stewed tuotuosu pork, which cannot be omitted; the stir-fries as bamboo shoots fried in lard, gong bao diced pork and shredded pork with yellow chives; the stew as stewed tuotuosu pork; spinach and flash-fried cabbage as table fillers. It also records that a feast without the three steamed dishes is not a feast, that each bowl holds eight slices of pork, and the serving order of cold dishes, steamed dishes, stir-fries, braises, stews and soup. https://dfzb.abazhou.gov.cn/abzdfsbgs/c104049/201308/e7ab6e8e28a04dc9836c6b82d420b5c9.shtml 中文百科全書：九斗碗（又称坝坝宴、九大碗） — Menu source 2. It records jiudouwan as a Sichuan feast whose “dou” means a large vessel in Sichuan speech, with nine bowls as a minimum and versions of seven or eleven; its contents as home-style dishes made from whatever chicken, duck, fish, pork, eggs and seasonal vegetables the household has, listing steamed pork elbow and soy-braised pork elbow as representative dishes, served in farmyards on improvised stoves. https://newton.com.tw/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E6%96%97%E7%A2%97/2750801 FDA: Food Allergies — This dish contains none of the main allergens, but purchased meat and seasonings should still be label-checked. https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/food-allergies AI-generated illustration; not kitchen-tested.

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