Gua bao
Gua bao (Chinese: 割包; pinyin: guàbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-pau; literally: "cut bread"),[1] also known as steamed bao,[2] pork belly buns,[3] or ambiguously "bao",[4] is a Taiwanese snack food consisting of a slice of stewed meat and other condiments sandwiched between flat steamed bread. The steamed bread is typically 6-8 cm in size, semi-circular and flat in form, with a horizontal fold in that when opened gives the appearance that it has been sliced. The traditional filling for gua bao is a slice of red-cooked porkbelly, typically dressed with pickled mustard, cilantro, and ground peanuts.[5][6]
The food is known colloquially in parts of Taiwan as "Tiger bites pig" (虎咬豬; hó͘-kā-ti) due to the mouth-like form of the bun and the contents of the filling.[6][7] Gua bao are also called "Taiwanese hamburgers" due in-part to the wide variety of novel ingredients used as filling, such as fried chicken, fish, eggs, and stewed beef.
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References
- ↑ 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Taiwanese Hokkien Dictionary of Common Words] (in Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Sufrin, Jon (February 5, 2014). "Banh Mi Boys will soon open Lucky Red, a new bao shop in Chinatown". Toronto Life.
- ↑ Erway, Cathy (April 2, 2014). "Taiwanese Pork Belly Buns (Gua Bao)".
- ↑ L., Mandy (February 6, 2013). "Who Took the “Gua” out of “Bao".
- ↑ Glassberg, Julie (February 23, 2010). "Baohaus". The New York Times.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Gwa-Bao (割包 Braised Pork Wrapped in Steamed Buns)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 2011.
- ↑ 味蕾 (April 13, 2010). 【美食典故】割包刈包虎咬豬. The Epoch Times.
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