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Jianbing

May 12, 2023

Jianbing (simplified Chinese: 煎饼; traditional Chinese: 煎餅; pinyin: jiānbǐng; lit. 'pan-fried bing') is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crêpes. It is a type of bing generally eaten for breakfast and hailed as "one of China's most popular street breakfasts".[1][2][3] The main ingredients of jianbing are a batter of wheat and grain flour, eggs and sauces,[3] cooked quickly by spreading the batter on a large frying pan or a specialized flat hotplate. It can be topped with different fillings and sauces such as baocui (薄脆, thin and crispy fried cracker), ham, chopped or diced mustard pickles, scallions and coriander, chili sauce or hoisin sauce depending on personal preference. It is often folded several times before serving.

Jianbing
TypeBread
Place of originChina
Region or stateShandong and Tianjin
Associated cuisineChinese cuisine
Main ingredientsWheat
Ingredients generally usedEggs
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Jianbing
Traditional Chinese煎餅
Simplified Chinese煎饼
Literal meaningfried pancake
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinjiānbǐng
Bopomofoㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzin1 beng2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJchian-péng

Jianbing has seen international popularization in recent years and can be found in Western cities such as London, Dubai, New York City, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Hamilton and Sydney, sometimes with modifications to cater to local tastes.[4][5]

History

Jianbing originated in northern China, where wheat- and broomcorn-based flatbreads, pancakes and pies (collectively called bing) are common as staple foods. Its history can be traced back 2,000 years to Shandong province during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220–280). According to legend, Chancellor Zhuge Liang encountered the problem of feeding his soldiers after they lost their woks. He ordered the cooks to mix water with wheat flour to make batter, then spread it on shields, or flat copper griddles over a flame.[6] The dish raised the soldiers’ morale and helped them win the battle. After that, jianbing was passed down through generations in Shandong province and gradually spread to different parts of China.[7] The raw materials used in ancient pancakes should be millet, and millet cereal pancakes are one of the common foods of the ancient northerners. In ancient times, pancakes were made using griddles (Chinese: 鏊; pinyin: ào).[8] Archaeological finds have been discovered in ancient times, except for the prehistoric pottery figurines dating back more than 5,000 years, as well as the iron shovel and bronze gongs belonging to Liao, Song, Jin, Western Xia and Yuan dynasty. Yangshao people have created pottery figurines and the like. The cooking utensils, which were later unearthed in various eras, also found a number of murals of pancakes from different eras, revealing the true existence of pancakes in history.

Reasons for popularity

 
Jianbing being cooked
 
Jianbing being prepared by a street vendor
 
An unwrapped jianbing showing all of the ingredients inside.

One of the most popular street breakfasts in China,[1][9] jianbing can be easily found in many cities. The characteristics of jianbing account for its popularity in China and the West.

First, jianbing is never "pre-cooked". In order to preserve its crispness, customers have to wait for their turn, which often results in a queue,[2] although the preparation time is short. Part of the attraction is that customers can watch the raw ingredients come together to form the dish.[5]

Jianbing can satisfy different people's tastes as it can be made with many different ingredients and mixed with different sauces, jams and flavors in different proportions.[10] According to the vendors outside East China Normal University, though some customers like spicy flavors and some do not like cilantro, they can create their own jianbing.[11]

The low cost of jianbing is also one of the reasons for its popularity, as the basic ingredients are themselves inexpensive.[10]

Besides, jianbing is a type of bing that has rich nutrient values.[3] It contains abundant nutrients as it can be made of soybeans, mung beans, black beans, lettuce, peanuts and eggs.

Jianbing can be made from various grains such as wheat, beans, sorghum, corn, etc. They contain various nutrients of the grain itself. They are convenient to eat, and are the basic food for the body to replenish energy. They are then engulfed with various vegetables, eggs, meat and other ingredients.[citation needed]

Regional variations

The traditional jianbing originated in Shandong and flourished in Tianjin.[10] Jianbing is basically made of flour and eggs with different fillings and sauces. As there are many variations depending on tastes and preferences in different regions, many cities have their own versions of jianbing. Shandong-style jianbing and Tianjin-style jianbing are the two most common versions of jianbing in China.[3]

Shandong-style jianbing

Jianbing from Shandong province tastes crispy and harder as its batter is formed from the flour mixture that mainly contains coarse grains such as corn, sorghum and millet.[12] In the old days, people had Shandong-style jianbing mainly by rolling it with scallions or serving it with meat soup.[13] Nowadays, the variety of fillings are richer and differ according to one's preference, for example, sweet potatoes, lettuce and pork are also used as fillings.

Jianbing guozi

Main article: Jianbing guozi

Jianbing from Tianjin is a transformation of the jianbing originated in Shandong. It is also called jianbing guozi[3] and guozi refers to its youtiao stuffing. Tianjin-style jianbing tastes softer as its crepe is made of mung bean flour, which contains less gluten. Also, Tianjin-style jianbing is topped with youtiao (fried dough stick), while the Shandong-style one sold by street vendors is usually topped with baocui (薄脆, crispy fried crackers).

Internationalized jianbing

Jianbing is also served in the U.K., U.S. and Australia by Western vendors and young Chinese entrepreneurs.[14][15] In the U.S., it has become one of the newest food trends and gains high popularity among Americans and East Asian customers, particularly Chinese overseas students.[6] Western vendors were inspired to start jianbing business back home after first trying it in China.[16]

Apart from the traditional Chinese jianbing, some vendors in the U.S. offer various versions of it to cater to American customers’ taste, such as vegetarian jianbing and gluten-free jianbing.[16] Culture-crossing fillings like barbecue pulled pork, bacon, cheese, hot dogs, and Spam are additionally provided to let customers create their own customized jianbing.[16][17]

Besides, fillings of jianbing are diverse with new innovations. Tai Chi Jianbing from San Francisco carries fish floss jianbing, which is made with dried tuna.[18] A food truck in New York called “The Flying Pig jianbing”[14] provides different filling options such as dried pork floss, pork belly and bamboo shoots. In another shop called Mr. Bing,[17] the crepe batter is made of millet flour, buckwheat flour and purple rice. Many characterized jianbing are also shown. For example, the cha chaan bing with peanut butter and condensed milk, and the Peking duck bing[19] with the duck sauce, cucumber chunks and duck slices are introduced.

In the UK, street food stall Mei Mei's Street Cart brought jianbing into the London and UK street food scene back in 2012 - taking their jianbing to London, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Brighton and winning two awards. They sell the traditional jianbing alongside their 'London' jianbing with fillings such as fried chicken and char siu pork, to build on the traditional jianbing and make it a more substantial dish.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Patent, G.; Gorham, K.; McLean, D. (2007). A Baker's Odyssey: Celebrating Time-honored Recipes from America's Rich Immigrant Heritage. John Wiley & Sons. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7645-7281-4.
  2. ^ a b Serious Eats. "Why Jianbing is China's Most Popular Street Breakfast". www.seriouseats.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e . www.theworldofchinese.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ Crowley, Chris (23 March 2016). "China's Answer to the Breakfast Sandwich Finally Arrives in New York". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Jianbing: Beijing's Crunchy, Eggy, Perfect Street Food". SAVEUR. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b Murez, Cara Roberts (17 February 2016). "Food Cart Brings Newest U.S. Food Trend, Jian bing, to Eugene, UO Campus". Retrieved 26 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Jiānbing – Chinese-style crepes – 煎饼 | MOVABLE FEASTS". www.sh-streetfood.org. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. ^ Wang, Renxiang. "Jianbing origin: the historical taste of scorpion fried". IfengGuoXue. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  9. ^ Vartanian, A.; Potter, C.; Heino, K.; McClelland, R.; Ball, R.; Menegaz, V.; Kovacs, N.; Healy, H.; Castaneda, J.; Winters, K. (2015). The Ultimate Paleo Cookbook: 900 Grain- and Gluten-Free Recipes to Meet Your Every Need. Page Street Publishing. p. 410. ISBN 978-1-62414-140-9.
  10. ^ a b c Gao, Weixi (2005). Food and Chinese: Essays on Popular Cuisine. Long River Press. pp. 158–159.
  11. ^ DeLois, Jake (23 March 2010). "DIY jianbing: How to make the perfect breakfast crêpe". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Shandong's signature food leaves global marks". china daily. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  13. ^ 李民, 黃河文化百科全书编纂委员会 (5 August 2009). 黃河文化百科全书. 四川辞书出版社 (published 2000). p. 348.
  14. ^ a b Niu, Yue (25 December 2015). "Young entrepreneur brings Chinese pancakes to NYC". China Daily USA. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  15. ^ Rigby, Myffy (28 April 2015). "Mr Bing Gourmet Wrapz". goodfood. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  16. ^ a b c Wong, Katy (7 January 2015). "Unique food cart brings jianbing to Seattle". the seattle globalist. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  17. ^ a b Kis, Eva (11 December 2015). "Mr. Bing brings Chinese street food to Times Square". Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via metro.
  18. ^ "Tai Chi Jianbing".
  19. ^ Yung, Vanessa (10 October 2013). "A crêpe escape in our own backyard". Retrieved 26 March 2016 – via scmp.
  20. ^ http://www.meimeisstreetcart.co.uk[dead link]
  21. ^ "MFDF Gala Dinner and Awards 2014 | News | Manchester Food & Drink Festival 2021".

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Jianbing simplified Chinese 煎饼 traditional Chinese 煎餅 pinyin jianbǐng lit pan fried bing is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crepes It is a type of bing generally eaten for breakfast and hailed as one of China s most popular street breakfasts 1 2 3 The main ingredients of jianbing are a batter of wheat and grain flour eggs and sauces 3 cooked quickly by spreading the batter on a large frying pan or a specialized flat hotplate It can be topped with different fillings and sauces such as baocui 薄脆 thin and crispy fried cracker ham chopped or diced mustard pickles scallions and coriander chili sauce or hoisin sauce depending on personal preference It is often folded several times before serving JianbingA Tianjin style Jianbing guoziTypeBreadPlace of originChinaRegion or stateShandong and TianjinAssociated cuisineChinese cuisineMain ingredientsWheatIngredients generally usedEggs Media JianbingJianbingTraditional Chinese煎餅Simplified Chinese煎饼Literal meaningfried pancakeTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinjianbǐngBopomofoㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˇYue CantoneseJyutpingzin1 beng2Southern MinHokkien POJchian pengJianbing has seen international popularization in recent years and can be found in Western cities such as London Dubai New York City Portland Oregon Seattle Chicago San Francisco Toronto Hamilton and Sydney sometimes with modifications to cater to local tastes 4 5 Contents 1 History 2 Reasons for popularity 3 Regional variations 3 1 Shandong style jianbing 3 2 Jianbing guozi 4 Internationalized jianbing 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditJianbing originated in northern China where wheat and broomcorn based flatbreads pancakes and pies collectively called bing are common as staple foods Its history can be traced back 2 000 years to Shandong province during the Three Kingdoms period AD 220 280 According to legend Chancellor Zhuge Liang encountered the problem of feeding his soldiers after they lost their woks He ordered the cooks to mix water with wheat flour to make batter then spread it on shields or flat copper griddles over a flame 6 The dish raised the soldiers morale and helped them win the battle After that jianbing was passed down through generations in Shandong province and gradually spread to different parts of China 7 The raw materials used in ancient pancakes should be millet and millet cereal pancakes are one of the common foods of the ancient northerners In ancient times pancakes were made using griddles Chinese 鏊 pinyin ao 8 Archaeological finds have been discovered in ancient times except for the prehistoric pottery figurines dating back more than 5 000 years as well as the iron shovel and bronze gongs belonging to Liao Song Jin Western Xia and Yuan dynasty Yangshao people have created pottery figurines and the like The cooking utensils which were later unearthed in various eras also found a number of murals of pancakes from different eras revealing the true existence of pancakes in history Reasons for popularity Edit Jianbing being cooked Jianbing being prepared by a street vendor An unwrapped jianbing showing all of the ingredients inside One of the most popular street breakfasts in China 1 9 jianbing can be easily found in many cities The characteristics of jianbing account for its popularity in China and the West First jianbing is never pre cooked In order to preserve its crispness customers have to wait for their turn which often results in a queue 2 although the preparation time is short Part of the attraction is that customers can watch the raw ingredients come together to form the dish 5 Jianbing can satisfy different people s tastes as it can be made with many different ingredients and mixed with different sauces jams and flavors in different proportions 10 According to the vendors outside East China Normal University though some customers like spicy flavors and some do not like cilantro they can create their own jianbing 11 The low cost of jianbing is also one of the reasons for its popularity as the basic ingredients are themselves inexpensive 10 Besides jianbing is a type of bing that has rich nutrient values 3 It contains abundant nutrients as it can be made of soybeans mung beans black beans lettuce peanuts and eggs Jianbing can be made from various grains such as wheat beans sorghum corn etc They contain various nutrients of the grain itself They are convenient to eat and are the basic food for the body to replenish energy They are then engulfed with various vegetables eggs meat and other ingredients citation needed Regional variations EditThe traditional jianbing originated in Shandong and flourished in Tianjin 10 Jianbing is basically made of flour and eggs with different fillings and sauces As there are many variations depending on tastes and preferences in different regions many cities have their own versions of jianbing Shandong style jianbing and Tianjin style jianbing are the two most common versions of jianbing in China 3 Shandong style jianbing Edit Jianbing from Shandong province tastes crispy and harder as its batter is formed from the flour mixture that mainly contains coarse grains such as corn sorghum and millet 12 In the old days people had Shandong style jianbing mainly by rolling it with scallions or serving it with meat soup 13 Nowadays the variety of fillings are richer and differ according to one s preference for example sweet potatoes lettuce and pork are also used as fillings Jianbing guozi Edit Main article Jianbing guozi Jianbing from Tianjin is a transformation of the jianbing originated in Shandong It is also called jianbing guozi 3 and guozi refers to its youtiao stuffing Tianjin style jianbing tastes softer as its crepe is made of mung bean flour which contains less gluten Also Tianjin style jianbingis topped with youtiao fried dough stick while the Shandong style one sold by street vendors is usually topped with baocui 薄脆 crispy fried crackers Internationalized jianbing EditJianbing is also served in the U K U S and Australia by Western vendors and young Chinese entrepreneurs 14 15 In the U S it has become one of the newest food trends and gains high popularity among Americans and East Asian customers particularly Chinese overseas students 6 Western vendors were inspired to start jianbing business back home after first trying it in China 16 Apart from the traditional Chinese jianbing some vendors in the U S offer various versions of it to cater to American customers taste such as vegetarian jianbing and gluten free jianbing 16 Culture crossing fillings like barbecue pulled pork bacon cheese hot dogs and Spam are additionally provided to let customers create their own customized jianbing 16 17 Besides fillings of jianbing are diverse with new innovations Tai Chi Jianbing from San Francisco carries fish floss jianbing which is made with dried tuna 18 A food truck in New York called The Flying Pig jianbing 14 provides different filling options such as dried pork floss pork belly and bamboo shoots In another shop called Mr Bing 17 the crepe batter is made of millet flour buckwheat flour and purple rice Many characterized jianbing are also shown For example the cha chaan bing with peanut butter and condensed milk and the Peking duck bing 19 with the duck sauce cucumber chunks and duck slices are introduced In the UK street food stall Mei Mei s Street Cart brought jianbing into the London and UK street food scene back in 2012 taking their jianbing to London Manchester Leeds Sheffield and Brighton and winning two awards They sell the traditional jianbing alongside their London jianbing with fillings such as fried chicken and char siu pork to build on the traditional jianbing and make it a more substantial dish 20 21 See also EditCrepe a French pancake cooked and served in similar fashion Senbei 煎餅 a Japanese rice cracker whose name is cognate to jianbing and is written with the same Chinese characters in Kanji but is actually a different food References Edit a b Patent G Gorham K McLean D 2007 A Baker s Odyssey Celebrating Time honored Recipes from America s Rich Immigrant Heritage John Wiley amp Sons p 86 ISBN 978 0 7645 7281 4 a b Serious Eats Why Jianbing is China s Most Popular Street Breakfast www seriouseats com Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b c d e Jianbing A Guide To China s Favorite Street Food The World Of Chinese www theworldofchinese com Archived from the original on 18 January 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2016 Crowley Chris 23 March 2016 China s Answer to the Breakfast Sandwich Finally Arrives in New York Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b Jianbing Beijing s Crunchy Eggy Perfect Street Food SAVEUR 8 May 2015 Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b Murez Cara Roberts 17 February 2016 Food Cart Brings Newest U S Food Trend Jian bing to Eugene UO Campus Retrieved 26 March 2016 permanent dead link Jianbing Chinese style crepes 煎饼 MOVABLE FEASTS www sh streetfood org 22 May 2014 Retrieved 26 March 2016 Wang Renxiang Jianbing origin the historical taste of scorpion fried IfengGuoXue Retrieved 25 March 2019 Vartanian A Potter C Heino K McClelland R Ball R Menegaz V Kovacs N Healy H Castaneda J Winters K 2015 The Ultimate Paleo Cookbook 900 Grain and Gluten Free Recipes to Meet Your Every Need Page Street Publishing p 410 ISBN 978 1 62414 140 9 a b c Gao Weixi 2005 Food and Chinese Essays on Popular Cuisine Long River Press pp 158 159 DeLois Jake 23 March 2010 DIY jianbing How to make the perfect breakfast crepe Retrieved 26 March 2016 Shandong s signature food leaves global marks china daily 6 February 2015 Retrieved 26 March 2015 李民 黃河文化百科全书编纂委员会 5 August 2009 黃河文化百科全书 四川辞书出版社 published 2000 p 348 a b Niu Yue 25 December 2015 Young entrepreneur brings Chinese pancakes to NYC China Daily USA Retrieved 26 March 2016 Rigby Myffy 28 April 2015 Mr Bing Gourmet Wrapz goodfood Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b c Wong Katy 7 January 2015 Unique food cart brings jianbing to Seattle the seattle globalist Retrieved 26 March 2016 a b Kis Eva 11 December 2015 Mr Bing brings Chinese street food to Times Square Retrieved 26 March 2016 via metro Tai Chi Jianbing Yung Vanessa 10 October 2013 A crepe escape in our own backyard Retrieved 26 March 2016 via scmp http www meimeisstreetcart co uk dead link MFDF Gala Dinner and Awards 2014 News Manchester Food amp Drink Festival 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jianbing Look up jian bing in Wiktionary the free dictionary Jian Bing Allrecipes com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jianbing amp oldid 1149783688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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