Ci fan tuan
Sign in to saveCifantuan, also known simply as chi faan or fantuan, is a glutinous rice dish in Chinese cuisine originating in the Jiangnan area of eastern China which encompasses Shanghai and surrounding regions. It is made by tightly wrapping a piece of youtiao (fried dough) with glutinous rice. It is usually eaten as breakfast together with sweetened or savory soy milk in its native Jiangnan.
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- Food.name
- Cifantuan
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- Pieces of cifantuan in a traditional steaming basket
- Food.alternate_name
- Chi faan, fantuan
- Food.country
- Jiangnan, China
- Food.region
- Greater China
- Food.course
- Breakfast, dim sum
- Food.main_ingredient
- youtiao (fried dough), glutinous rice
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Cifantuan, also known simply as chi faan or fantuan, is a glutinous rice dish in Chinese cuisine originating in the Jiangnan area of eastern China which encompasses Shanghai and surrounding regions. It is made by tightly wrapping a piece of youtiao (fried dough) with glutinous rice. It is usually eaten as breakfast together with sweetened or savory soy milk in its native Jiangnan.
Today, cifantuan is commonly available in two varieties. Whereas the "savory" variety includes ingredients such as zha cai (pickled vegetable), rousong (pork floss) and small pieces of youtiao being wrapped in the rice ball, the "sweet" variety adds sugar and sometimes sesame to the filling. There are many modern variations of the food which are made from purple rice and include fillings such as tuna, kimchi, or cheese.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ci fan tuan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.