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{{Short description|Chinese street food of meat in flatbread}}
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| name = Roujiamo
| name = Roujiamo
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| caption = Roujiamo at a Shaanxi-style restaurant in Beijing
| caption = Roujiamo at a Shaanxi-style restaurant in Beijing
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| course = [[Main course]]
| course = [[Main course]]
| served =
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| main_ingredient = [[Pork]] and baijimo
| main_ingredient = [[Pork]] and [[flatbread]] made with [[yeast]]
| variations = Beef, lamb
| variations = Beef, lamb
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[[File:Prepare roujiamo.jpg|thumb|260px|Roujiamo being prepared]]
[[File:Prepare roujiamo.jpg|thumb|260px|Roujiamo being prepared]]
'''Roujiamo''' or '''rou jia mo''' ({{zh|s={{linktext|肉夹馍}}|p=ròujiāmó|l=meat sandwiched in bread}}), also known as '''rougamo''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.xiancn.com/xarb/html/2016-05/26/content_427890.htm|title=肉夹馍英译Rougamo 泡馍标准黄豆粒大小|publisher=Xi'an Daily|date=26 May 2016|accessdate=26 May 2016|language=Chinese}}</ref> is a [[street food]] originating from the [[Shaanxi cuisine|cuisine]] of [[Shaanxi|Shaanxi Province]]<ref name="Tan 2017">{{cite web | last=Tan | first=Tony | title=What is rou jia mo? | website=Gourmet Traveller | date=April 27, 2017 | url=https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/explainers/what-is-rou-jia-mo-2327 | access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> and widely consumed all over China.
'''Roujiamo''' or '''rougamo''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|肉夾饃}}|s=肉夹馍|p=ròujiāmó/ròugāmó|l=meat sandwich}})<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.xiancn.com/xarb/html/2016-05/26/content_427890.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161211185049/http://epaper.xiancn.com/xarb/html/2016-05/26/content_427890.htm|title=肉夹馍英译Rougamo 泡馍标准黄豆粒大小|url-status=dead|date=26 May 2016|archive-date=2016-12-11|publisher=Xi'an Daily|language=zh|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> is a [[street food]] originating from the [[Shaanxi cuisine|cuisine]] of [[Shaanxi|Shaanxi Province]]<ref name="Tan 2017">{{cite web | last=Tan | first=Tony | title=What is rou jia mo? | website=Gourmet Traveller | date=April 27, 2017 | url=https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/explainers/what-is-rou-jia-mo-2327 | access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> and widely consumed all over China.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} In the United States, it is sometimes called a '''Chinese hamburger'''.<ref name="HuffPost1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-hamburgers-rou-jia-mo/|title=Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍|date=March 4, 2017|website=The Woks of Life|language=en-US|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
The meat is most commonly [[pork]], stewed for hours in a soup containing over 20 spices and seasonings. Although it is possible to use only a few spices (which many vendors do), the resulting meat is less flavourful.
The meat is most commonly [[pork]], stewed for hours in a soup containing over 20 spices and seasonings. Although it is possible to use only a few spices (which many vendors do), the resulting meat is less flavourful.


Some alternatives are also available. For example, in Muslim areas in [[Xi'an]], the meat is usually [[beef]] (seasoned with [[cumin]] and pepper), and in [[Gansu|Gansu Province]] it is often [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]]. The meat is then minced or chopped and stuffed in "baijimo", a type of [[flatbread]]. An authentic baijimo is made from a wheat flour dough with yeast and then baked in a clay oven, but now in many parts of China, baijimo is made in a frying pan,<ref name="Tan 2017"/> giving a taste that diverges significantly from the authentic clay oven-baked version. Depending on the types of spices used to cook the meat and the way the bread is made, the taste of roujiamo can vary greatly from vendor to vendor.
Some alternatives are also available. For example, in Muslim areas in [[Xi'an]], the meat is usually [[beef]] (seasoned with [[cumin]] and pepper), and in [[Gansu|Gansu Province]] it is often [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]]. The meat is then minced or chopped and stuffed in "baijimo", a type of [[flatbread]]. An authentic baijimo is made from a wheat flour dough with yeast and then baked in a clay oven, but now in many parts of China, baijimo is made in a frying pan,<ref name="Tan 2017"/> giving a taste that diverges significantly from the clay oven-baked version. Depending on the types of spices used to cook the meat and the way the bread is made, the taste of roujiamo can vary greatly from vendor to vendor. Roujiamo is not a full meal and is often sold in the form of combo with [[liangpi]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} It is found with regional modifications across China.


Roujiamo is considered the Chinese equivalent to the Western [[hamburger]] and meat [[sandwich]]es.<ref>{{cite web | last=Shah | first=Khushbu | title=China Brazenly Claims it Invented the Hamburger | website=Eater | date=April 14, 2015 | url=https://www.eater.com/2015/4/14/8414083/china-claims-it-invented-hamburger-burger | access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost1"/> Roujiamo could be the world's oldest sandwich or hamburger, since the bread dates back to the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BC) and the meat to the [[Zhou dynasty]] (1045–256 BC).<ref name="HuffPost1">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/what-are-chinese-hamburger_n_7020056.html|title=What Are Chinese Hamburgers And Why Aren’t You Eating Them?|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=8 April 2015|accessdate=26 May 2016}}</ref>
Roujiamo is considered the Chinese equivalent to the Western [[hamburger]] and meat [[sandwich]]es.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | last=Shah | first=Khushbu | title=China Brazenly Claims it Invented the Hamburger | website=Eater | date=April 14, 2015 | url=https://www.eater.com/2015/4/14/8414083/china-claims-it-invented-hamburger-burger | access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost1"/> Roujiamo is considered to be one of the world's oldest types of hamburgers, since the bread or the "mo" dates back to the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BC) and the meat to the [[Zhou dynasty]] (1045–256 BC).<ref name="HuffPost1">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/what-are-chinese-hamburger_n_7020056.html|title=What Are Chinese Hamburgers And Why Aren't You Eating Them?|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=8 April 2015|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> However, since people have been stuffing meat inside bread all across the world for centuries, it is unknown where it was done first.<ref name="Roujiamo">{{cite web |author-link=Clarissa Wei| last=Wei | first=Clarissa | title= Roujiamo: Is this Chinese snack the world's first hamburger? | website=Goldthread | date=July 16, 2020 | url=https://www.goldthread2.com/food/roujiamo-chinese-snack-worlds-first-hamburger/article/3093480 | access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=October 2023}}


==See also==
==See also==
{{portal|China|Food}}
{{portal|China|Food}}
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{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Ice Peak (soft drink)]]
* [[Doner kebab]]
* [[Doner kebab]]
* [[Donkey Burger]]
* [[Donkey burger]]
* [[Gua bao]]
* [[Gua bao]], a Chinese pork belly bun
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* [[List of pork dishes]]
* [[List of sandwiches]]
* [[List of sandwiches]]
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* [[List of street foods]]
* [[Sloppy joe]]
* [[Sloppy joe]]
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
{{Commons category|Roujiamo}}
{{Commons category|Roujiamo}}
* {{cite web | last=Connelly | first=Michael Alan | title=20 Must-Try Street Foods Around the World | website=[[Fodor's]] | date=December 18, 2014 | url=http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/20-must-try-street-foods-around-the-world#!5-rou-jia-mo | ref=harv | accessdate=July 24, 2016}}
* {{cite web | last=Connelly | first=Michael Alan | title=20 Must-Try Street Foods Around the World | website=[[Fodor's]] | date=December 18, 2014 | url=http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/20-must-try-street-foods-around-the-world#!5-rou-jia-mo | access-date=July 24, 2016}}


{{Sandwiches}}
{{Sandwiches}}
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[[Category:Shaanxi cuisine]]
[[Category:Shaanxi cuisine]]
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[[Category:Sandwiches]]
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[[Category:Pork dishes]]
[[Category:Meat dishes]]
[[Category:Meat dishes]]
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[[Category:Pork sandwiches]]
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[[Category:Street food in China]]

Latest revision as of 02:27, 21 March 2024

Roujiamo
Roujiamo at a Shaanxi-style restaurant in Beijing
CourseMain course
Place of originChina
Main ingredientsPork and flatbread made with yeast
VariationsBeef, lamb
Roujiamo being prepared

Roujiamo or rougamo (simplified Chinese: 肉夹馍; traditional Chinese: 肉夾饃; pinyin: ròujiāmó/ròugāmó; lit. 'meat sandwich')[1] is a street food originating from the cuisine of Shaanxi Province[2] and widely consumed all over China.[citation needed] In the United States, it is sometimes called a Chinese hamburger.[3][4]

Overview[edit]

The meat is most commonly pork, stewed for hours in a soup containing over 20 spices and seasonings. Although it is possible to use only a few spices (which many vendors do), the resulting meat is less flavourful.

Some alternatives are also available. For example, in Muslim areas in Xi'an, the meat is usually beef (seasoned with cumin and pepper), and in Gansu Province it is often lamb. The meat is then minced or chopped and stuffed in "baijimo", a type of flatbread. An authentic baijimo is made from a wheat flour dough with yeast and then baked in a clay oven, but now in many parts of China, baijimo is made in a frying pan,[2] giving a taste that diverges significantly from the clay oven-baked version. Depending on the types of spices used to cook the meat and the way the bread is made, the taste of roujiamo can vary greatly from vendor to vendor. Roujiamo is not a full meal and is often sold in the form of combo with liangpi.[citation needed] It is found with regional modifications across China.

Roujiamo is considered the Chinese equivalent to the Western hamburger and meat sandwiches.[5][3] Roujiamo is considered to be one of the world's oldest types of hamburgers, since the bread or the "mo" dates back to the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and the meat to the Zhou dynasty (1045–256 BC).[3] However, since people have been stuffing meat inside bread all across the world for centuries, it is unknown where it was done first.[6][unreliable source?]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "肉夹馍英译Rougamo 泡馍标准黄豆粒大小" (in Chinese). Xi'an Daily. 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  2. ^ a b Tan, Tony (April 27, 2017). "What is rou jia mo?". Gourmet Traveller. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "What Are Chinese Hamburgers And Why Aren't You Eating Them?". The Huffington Post. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍". The Woks of Life. March 4, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Shah, Khushbu (April 14, 2015). "China Brazenly Claims it Invented the Hamburger". Eater. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Wei, Clarissa (July 16, 2020). "Roujiamo: Is this Chinese snack the world's first hamburger?". Goldthread. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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