At the table
Break or cut off a small piece and eat the sesame crust with the filling. Let the hot pork filling cool before biting.
Contains wheat, sesame and pork. Recipes and seasonings vary, so check other ingredients when needed. The freshly baked filling can be very hot.
For a child who can chew the crisp crust and meat filling, an adult can cut a small portion and let it cool thoroughly. Check wheat, sesame and other ingredients; a shareable snack is not automatically suitable for every child.
Recipes vary. Ask the restaurant about ingredients and serving before you order.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
The craft is transmitted within several family traditions, including Zhu, Bao, Lü and Beishan lineages.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory pork and fragrant dried mustard greens with sesame and toasted wheat aromas.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Crisp sesame crust, soft crumb, juicy meat-and-greens filling.
- How it’s made
- Leaven the dough with a fermented-dough starter and use boiling water in the local dough-making method. Fill with pork and Jinyun dried greens, attach the flatbreads to the clay liner of the wooden barrel oven, and bake over charcoal. Baking takes about three to five minutes in the traditional method.
The craft is transmitted within several family traditions, including Zhu, Bao, Lü and Beishan lineages.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Zhejiang.
About this regional connection
Zhejiang: Associated with Jinyun, Lishui, Zhejiang.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有缙云烧饼吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A snack beside the opera stage
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
Jinyun shaobing has a place in the local custom of selling food around rural Wu opera performances. People buy the breads to eat themselves or offer to guests. The portable barrel oven and fragrant pork-and-preserved-greens filling help explain its role as a hot snack shared during community gatherings.