Eating in China
Steamed mantou crumbs

Steamed mantou crumbs

馒头屑Mántou xiè

Soft crumbs of plain steamed wheat buns, used to absorb juices in fillings.

Type
Prepared ingredients

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Crumbled cooked mantou with a pale porous interior, not toasted breadcrumbs or raw fermented starter.

In the kitchen

Mix into the pork, sugar and sesame filling of Ruizhou shaomai before steaming.

The selected plain old-dough bun uses wheat flour, water, fermented starter and cooking alkali. Commercial buns may contain sugar, milk or other ingredients; check the actual product. Contains wheat.

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