Gua bao

Gua bao

A traditional gua bao
Alternative names Steamed bao, hó͘-kā-ti, pork belly bun
Course Snack
Place of origin Taiwan
Serving temperature Hot
Main ingredients Steamed bread, stewed meat, condiments
Ingredients generally used Red-cooked pork belly, pickled mustard, cilantro, ground peanuts
Variations Fried chicken, fish, eggs, stewed beef
Cookbook: Gua bao  Media: Gua bao

Gua bao (Chinese: 割包/刈包; 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][5] 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 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in) in size, semi-circular and flat in form, with a horizontal fold 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 stir-fried suan cai (pickled mustard greens), cilantro, and ground peanuts.[5][6]

The food is known colloquially in parts of Taiwan as hó͘-kā-ti (虎咬豬; "tiger bites pig") 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

  1. ↑ "Entry #8213 (割包)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
  2. ↑ Sufrin, Jon (February 5, 2014). "Banh Mi Boys will soon open Lucky Red, a new bao shop in Chinatown". Toronto Life.
  3. ↑ Erway, Cathy (April 2, 2014). "Taiwanese Pork Belly Buns (Gua Bao)".
  4. ↑ L., Mandy (February 6, 2013). "Who Took the "Gua" out of "Bao".
  5. 1 2 Glassberg, Julie (February 23, 2010). "Baohaus". The New York Times.
  6. 1 2 "Gwa-Bao (割包 Braised Pork Wrapped in Steamed Buns)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 2011.
  7. ↑ 味蕾 (April 13, 2010). 【美食典故】割包刈包虎咬豬. The Epoch Times.
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