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crouchingdragon -

Can someone please tell me the difference between Jian Bing and Ji Dan Guan Bing ?

What does Guan mean here ?



thank you,



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elina -

According to 金山词霸，煎饼：thin pancake made of millet flour

鸡蛋灌饼，灌=倒，means pour (the egg into the pancake):
鸡蛋灌饼是一种盛行的早餐，它制作简单，把油刷在架在火炉上的大铁盘上�
��发好的面团在上面摊平成一张直径二十公分的饼，烤得半熟，用刀在饼壳��
�划一道口，顺势掀开，倒进调匀的鸡蛋和葱花，继续烤到两面微黄，鸡蛋和
葱透出香味就好了。刷上酱，用纸一卷，配上豆浆、小米粥、糊辣汤，就是�
��餐美味又有营养的早点。
http://www.moo.cc/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=5&topic=2651

我吃过鸡蛋灌饼，好吃










crouchingdragon -

However, unfortunately, I can't read Chinese Characters, so I was unable to understand your
explanations.

It is possible to tell me in English ?


thank you,










elina -

I am a Chinese, sorry my English is not good enough to translate it. I can only say: 鸡蛋灌饼
is a kind of popular breakfast in mainland China, pouring mixture of egg and chopped fistular
onion into the pancake, it’s delicious.










gougou -

Ok, no culinary etymologies from me, but here is what I remember from one or another roadside meal:

jianbing is a pancake about the size of a (big) plate, which is topped with sauce, herbs and
something similar to youtiao (basically, flour fried in oil). The whole thing is then folded up
and can replace a meal. I've never been able to eat more than two. (And when I did have two for
breakfast, I would not be hungry in time for my lunch break!)

Looks about like this:


(Picture found here)


guanbing is about the size of your palm, and a bit thicker. A raw egg is filled into it, then the
whole thing is placed onto a hot stone. Once the egg hardened, toppings, which can be sweet or
spicy, are added and the thing is folded up. Of these, you're gonna need somewhere between 5 and
15 to fill you up, depending on your metabolism.

Roughly, this is what you get (although my street vendor does not provide a red table cloth!):


(Picture taken from here)










Gary Soup -

I think the "guan" here means "filled" in the sense of "stuffed". Ji dan guan bing usually is a
fat, disc-shaped pastry with the egg and whatever else fully enclosed. "jian bing" usually refers
to a more crepe-like concoction, withe the crepe folded around egg, bean sauce, spices and crunchy
piece of fried tofu skin or yu tiao.

Just yesterday I returned to the US from Shanghai where I became addicted to the jian bing made by
a couple near our new Hongkou apartment. If made well, they are a really miraculous mix of
textures and flavors. Ji dan guan bing are good and filling, but nowhere near a good jian bing in
enjoyment, IMHO.










roddy -

Matters close to my heart (in the form of cholesterol, I suspect).

Jidan guanbing is a pretty plain pancake fried on a griddle. While being fried the clever jidan
guanbing maker uses chopsticks to somehow make a hole in the pancake and an egg is poured in. Fry
till cooked. Serve with pickles, lajiao, whatever. photo










skylee -

This discussion reminds me of our local (Hong Kong) snack 雞蛋仔 ... 最強民間美食 ...
從小吃到大 ...












rose~ -

I haven't seen Jian Bing in Shanghai, I thought they had been a victim of rapid development!
Please tell me where you can get them!

Wow, gougou can eat 2 jian bing, that is quite impressive, I can only eat one, max.

To the original poster, jian bing is made of a thin pancake of ground green bean flour, topped
with one egg, "香菜“ (coriander), hot bean paste, 甜麵醬 (sweet noodle sauce) and a 油條
or fried dough rectangle. It costs 2 yuan.

Edit:
OMG, you can watch woman making one on this link, it's all there, but she doesn't add coriander
香菜! food porn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUWgX8vkHI

From the same person, what he calls "Southern style dan bing", again, very similar to jian bing
but no 香菜. I think this guy's technique is better than the first woman's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIw_XW-BTrc










Gary Soup -



Quote:

haven't seen Jian Bing in Shanghai, I thought they had been a victim of rapid development! Please
tell me where you can get them!

It was on Huihe Lu just north of of Balin Lu. That's near Miyun Lu and Zhongshan Bei Er Lu, and
just north of Tongji University. If you take the #123 bus, it's within sight of the last stop
before the terminus, just after the bus turns from Miyun Lu onto Huihe Lu. It's also just around
the corner from Cheng Feng Doujiang Dian, the big 24-hour cheap eats place that most Tongji
students probably know (maybe Fudan students, too).

The jian bing are made by a couple, with the woman doing the actual cooking and the man breaking
the egg and handing her the ingredients like the crispy fried dough. Her technique is similar to
the woman in the video, though she DOES add coriander (thank God!) and she doesn't cut it wll the
way through at the end, just folds it in two before it goes in the bag. She's very fast.

Only 1.7 yuan there!












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