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Q: Anyone know the name of this breakfast food??
A few weeks ago I was in Hangzhou visiting a friend and we went out for breakfast and he brings me to this little place that just sold these things. I'll try to explain them....they are like little baozi...like the size of a ping pong ball...with a bit of meat in them...but instead of them being steamed...they were fried on the bottom. They cooked them in this big ass wok and they where all stuck togther...and when you got an order they gave you about 10 and put a little sprinkle of hot sauce on the top. If i could find the chinese name for them maybe me or my wife make them. My buddy dont know the name, he just called them mini fried baozi....but fuck they were good.
So if anyone knows the name of these things..that would be cool.Thanks.
Did they also have a bit of “soup” inside then?
It sounds like Xiao long Bao (小笼包)
biggj123:
thanks for the response,Xiao long Bao is not it. ..but those things are deadly good too.:) I think I found it though...its close to this
Did they also have a bit of “soup” inside then?
It sounds like Xiao long Bao (小笼包)
biggj123:
thanks for the response,Xiao long Bao is not it. ..but those things are deadly good too.:) I think I found it though...its close to this
锅贴, the fried jiaozi that come as one big piece, is the only thing that springs to mind
biggj123:
Thanks for the effort, I found it though, its close to this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bangbangboogie/5710868375/in/photostream/
Thanks though.
TheGardener:
I have eaten those before, but in the photo they look very small, and the ones I ate were bigger, were they as small as they look in the photo when you ate them, or bigger?
biggj123:
They were that size, maybe a tiny bit smaller...almost bite size.and they give you like 10-12 in an order, and they put a bit of hot sauce on the top. That picture was the closest thing to what I had though...minus the black poppy seeds
Generic name is Jian bao. Some variations exist and thus get name modifications, but that's true for all food, especially in the Orient.
biggj123:
Yep, you led me on the right path, its something close to this...sheng jian bao
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bangbangboogie/5710868375/in/photostream/
