At the table
Use chopsticks to cut or lift a small section. The wrapper is edible; eat the roll and filling together, letting the hot centre cool.
This version contains pork and peanut oil. Ask about dried shrimp and sauces in other fillings.
Fillings vary. Some include dried shrimp, bean sprouts or chives; chili can be added separately.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Fillings vary. Some include dried shrimp, bean sprouts or chives; chili can be added separately.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory pork and mushrooms with fragrant scallion oil.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Thin, soft and slippery rice sheet with a finely diced filling.
- How it’s made
- Steam a thin slurry of ground non-glutinous rice and water on an oiled tray. Stir-fry and braise diced pork, beans, shiitake and bamboo with peanut oil and salt. Wrap the cooked filling and brush with scallion-white oil.
Fillings vary. Some include dried shrimp, bean sprouts or chives; chili can be added separately.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Fujian.
About this regional connection
Fujian: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有武平簸箕粄吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Wuping steamed rice rolls
These Hakka rice rolls are associated with Wuping. Their name recalls the shallow bamboo tray formerly used to steam the rice sheets.