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	'''Liangxi Crispy Eel''' (Simplified Chinese: 梁溪脆鳝; Traditional Chinese: 梁溪脆鱔; Pinyin: ''Liángxī cuì shàn'') is a Wuxi ~~(Liangxi)~~ specialty of shredded ~~river~~ eel ~~deep-~~fried until crisp, then ~~tossed~~ in a sweet-savory ~~sauce—listed~~ among classic ~~dishes~~ on [[Jiangsu Food]].		'''Liangxi Crispy Eel''' (Simplified Chinese: 梁溪脆鳝; Traditional Chinese: 梁溪脆鱔; Pinyin: ''Liángxī cuì shàn'') is a Wuxi specialty of shredded freshwater eel fried until brittle-crisp, then finished in a sweet-savory (often lightly vinegar-bright) glaze. Liangxi is an old river name and historic alias for Wuxi, so the dish is also called Wuxi crispy eel. It is listed among classic Su-cuisine plates on [[Jiangsu Food]] and is famous for a tall, openwork pagoda pile rather than a flat stir-fry mound.<ref name="zhw">[https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%A2%81%E6%BA%AA%E8%84%86%E9%B3%9D Chinese Wikipedia: Liangxi crispy eel]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Eel shreds stay crunchy ~~outside while remaining tender within;~~ the glaze is glossy, sweet-savory in the Wuxi style ~~rather than~~ chili-hot. ~~Presentation is often piled high as~~ a ~~banquet~~ plate.		Eel shreds should stay crunchy for longer than ordinary glazed fries—local praise often stresses that the strands do not soften quickly—while the glaze is glossy, brown-amber, and sweet-savory in the Wuxi style, not chili-hot. Banquet service commonly stacks the shreds into a tower topped with fine ginger, a visual grammar that separates this cold (or room-temperature) plate from soft braised eels elsewhere in Jiangnan.<ref name="zhw" />

			Flavor sits with other refined Wuxi sweet-savory seafood and river-fish plates, closer in spirit to [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]] showmanship than to Sichuan spicy eel wok dishes.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	~~Freshwater~~ eel, starch or ~~batter, oil~~ for frying, soy, sugar, vinegar, Shaoxing wine, ginger, and scallion. Exact sweetness ~~levels~~ vary by kitchen.		Encyclopedic overview only: freshwater eel (local talk often prefers slender brush-handle lake eels); starch or light coating for frying; oil; soy; sugar; vinegar; Shaoxing wine; ginger and scallion. Exact sweetness and acid balance vary by kitchen. No step-by-step method is given here.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	~~Named for~~ Liangxi, ~~an old~~ name ~~associated with~~ Wuxi ~~along the Jiangnan canal region~~. It sits with other Su-cuisine ~~refined~~ plates such as [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]] and [[Crystal Salted Pork Hock]] rather than ~~Sichuan-style spicy eel dishes~~.		Food historians and local encyclopedias describe crispy eel as evolving from noodle-shop toppings and Taihu boat-cuisine habits into a banquet cold dish by the late Qing and early Republican periods. Early forms are sometimes called sweet eel (甜鳝) in local memory: a crisp topping that rode on bowls of noodles before restaurants elevated it to a cold platter and then to a formal banquet course.<ref name="zhw" />

			Attributed restaurant lore credits Huishan-area cooks—especially Zhu Bingxin of Erquan Garden in the early twentieth century—with refining multi-fry / multi-glaze practice and the pagoda plating inspired, in shop stories, by the silhouette of Xishan's Longguang Pagoda. Nicknames such as big-glasses crispy eel belong to that folk-shop memory and should not be treated as sealed archival invention dates.<ref name="zhw" /><ref name="qq">[https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240124A0961400 Feature on Wuxi boat-cuisine / Liangxi crispy eel staging]</ref> Boat-cuisine links (游船经梁溪入太湖) explain the Liangxi place-name branding: river and lake routes carried the plate as travel and gift food because the crisp strands held their texture longer than soft braises.

			Contemporary craft framing includes provincial intangible-heritage talk and a 2024 industry group standard on Liangxi crispy-eel technique published through Wuxi culinary associations—useful as soft standardization context, not as proof of a single ancient recipe.<ref name="std">[https://www.ndls.org.cn/standard/detail/ae6ddd6cabb2243f14247a4c529bbea5 T/WXCY 0012-2024 group standard listing]</ref> Mid- and late-twentieth-century competition and state-banquet anecdotes appear in local press as prestige markers; they illustrate civic pride more than continuous recipe identity.

			Within [[Jiangsu Food]], the dish illustrates Wuxi's preference for sweet-savory river produce and banquet theater. It sits with other Su-cuisine showcase plates such as [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]] and [[Crystal Salted Pork Hock]], while remaining distinct from Hangzhou vinegar-fish drama on [[West Lake Vinegar Fish]]. Tourists historically carried the crisp strands as travel food; today it remains a restaurant signature rather than everyday home wok work.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	Banquet or restaurant ~~main~~, often ~~shared~~. See [[~~Jiangsu Food~~]] and [[~~Squirrel Mandarin Fish~~]].		Banquet or restaurant shared plate, often cold or room-temperature after glazing. Height of the tower and ginger garnish mark formal service; looser home or casual piles keep the sweet-crisp identity without full pagoda geometry. Sweetness and vinegar brightness shift by house style across Wuxi dining rooms. Do not merge with soft soy-braised eel, steamed river eel, or Sichuan mala eel stir-fries, which share the animal but not the crisp-glaze grammar. See also [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]] and [[Crystal Salted Pork Hock]] for other Su-cuisine showcase plates.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[West Lake Vinegar Fish]]		* [[West Lake Vinegar Fish]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

			== References ==
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| caption = Liangxi Crispy Eel
| alternate_name = Wuxi crispy eel; Liangxi crisp eel; 脆鳝
| pinyin = Liángxī cuì shàn
| type = Fried eel dish
| course = Main / banquet
| country = China
| region = Jiangsu (Wuxi / Huaiyang)
| other = Wuxi specialty of deep-fried eel shreds in sweet-savory glaze
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'''Liangxi Crispy Eel''' (Simplified Chinese: 梁溪脆鳝; Traditional Chinese: 梁溪脆鱔; Pinyin: ''Liángxī cuì shàn'') is a Wuxi (Liangxi) specialty of shredded river eel deep-fried until crisp, then tossed in a sweet-savory sauce—listed among classic dishes on [[Jiangsu Food]].

== Characteristics ==

Eel shreds stay crunchy outside while remaining tender within; the glaze is glossy, sweet-savory in the Wuxi style rather than chili-hot. Presentation is often piled high as a banquet plate.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Freshwater eel, starch or batter, oil for frying, soy, sugar, vinegar, Shaoxing wine, ginger, and scallion. Exact sweetness levels vary by kitchen.

== History and culture ==

Named for Liangxi, an old name associated with Wuxi along the Jiangnan canal region. It sits with other Su-cuisine refined plates such as [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]] and [[Crystal Salted Pork Hock]] rather than Sichuan-style spicy eel dishes.

== Serving and variations ==

Banquet or restaurant main, often shared. See [[Jiangsu Food]] and [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]].

== See also ==

* [[Jiangsu Food]]
* [[Squirrel Mandarin Fish]]
* [[Crystal Salted Pork Hock]]
* [[West Lake Vinegar Fish]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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