Laobing (also: Luobing; ) is a type of unleavened
flatbread
A flatbread is bread made usually with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are Unleavened bread, unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pita bread. A Se ...
popular in parts of northern China, including
Beijing
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. It is sometimes referred to as a Chinese pancake.
Laobing can be the size of a large
pizza
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, about one centimeter thick, and is doughy and chewy in texture. The bing is made by pan frying a rolled and layered unleavened dough consisting of salt, flour, and water.
[Qarooni, J., 1996: Flat Bread Technology, Springer p. 86.] Most laobing are plain, although some have
scallions or
brown sugar
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inside the pastry. Laobing is usually cut into slices and served as a staple food, or can be stir-fried with meat and vegetables to make chaobing (stir-fried Chinese pancakes).
See also
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Scallion pancake
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Guokui
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Paratha
Paratha (, also parantha/parontah) is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, with earliest reference mentioned in early medieval Sanskrit, India. It is one of the most popular flatbreads in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.
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Roti canai
Roti canai, or roti prata (in Singapore), also known as roti chanai and roti cane, is a flatbread dish of Indian origin found in several countries in Southeast Asia, especially Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. It is usu ...
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Wrap (sandwich)
A wrap is a culinary dish made with a soft flatbread rolled around a filling.
The usual flatbreads are wheat tortillas, lavash, or pita; the filling may include cold sliced meat, poultry, or fish, shredded lettuce, diced tomato or pico de ...
References
Chinese breads
Flatbreads
Pancakes
Unleavened breads
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