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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