🇨🇳 Chinese Cuisine

肉夹馍 (Rou Jia Mo)

Roujiamo

Prep Time 180 minutes

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Often called the Chinese hamburger, this Xi An classic stuffs slow-braised spiced pork or beef into a crispy flatbread bun. The meat is chopped and seasoned with its own braising juices.

Ingredients

500g pork belly or beef
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Star anise, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves
Dried chilies
Rock sugar
Flatbread dough: flour, water, oil
Cilantro and pickled green peppers

Instructions

1 Braise the meat with soy sauces, spices, and rock sugar for two to three hours until fork tender.
2 Make the mo bread by layering dough with oil, coiling, and pan-baking until flaky.
3 Chop the braised meat finely, mixing in some braising liquid.
4 Split the mo bread open and stuff generously with the chopped meat.
5 Top with cilantro and pickled peppers if desired.

Did You Know?

Roujiamo is believed to be the oldest known sandwich in the world, with origins tracing back over 2000 years to the Qin Dynasty.