Welcome to learn mandarin online live from Beijing, China. As we all known, hamburger is one of the favorite foods in western countries. However, there is the Chinese hamburger in China as well. China’s own hamburger is the Shaanxi-styled Rou Jiamo, which can be translated as “meat pinched between mo or bread” literally. Unlike the chemical-filled munchies in western hamburger, the pork inside the Chinese hamburger or the Shaanxi-styled Rou Jiamo is soft, tender and fragrant. Do you want to have a taste of the yummy Chinese hamburger? Visit Chinese language tutor online to learn the cooking methods of the Chinese hamburger.
The Chinese Hamburger, rou4 jia2 mo2 (肉夹馍in Chinese) is a popular special snack in northwest China. It mainly has tow flavors, namely, Shaanxi Province’s Lazhi Rou Jiamo, which is made with pork in gravy, and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region’s Yangrou Rou Jiamo, which is made with lamb. Generally speaking, the former is more common and is one of the most famous snacks in Xi’an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province and the hometown of Terra-Cotta Warriors. You can learn more about it through learning Chinese using skype.
As the name indicated, Lazhi Rou Jiamo is made of two basic elements, namely, the gravy-ed meat, la4 zhi1 rou4, 腊汁肉 and mo2, 馍, a flat bread on which it’s served. But historically, the snack didn’t always go by this name. It is said that the snack had ever been called hanrou (Han State’s pork) in the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.). The Han State, a triangular area encompassing the present-day Shaanxi Province, Shanxi Province and Henan Province, was the hometown of the famous Lazhirou. Later, the Han State was conquered by the Qin State, and the cooking technique was introduced into the capital of the Qin State, Chang’an (now known as Xi’an).
Another indispensible ingredient of making the Chinese hamburger is mo3 (馍), short for bai2 ji1 mo2 (白吉馍), a round wheat bread baked over fire. Continue reading on e chinese channel.
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