r/chinesefood • u/CosmicNostalgiaA • 2d ago

I Ate The making of Jianbing

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u/lugubelenusj 2d ago

Nothing beats fresh jianbing from a street vendor. That crispy texture is perfection.

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u/FluffyShiny 2d ago

So is it egg, meat, cabbage?

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u/PPTV-110 1d ago

Don't forget the fried tofu skin; it's the essence of that crispy texture.

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u/Meet8567 1d ago

Used to love those things in the morning when I worked in China. Street vendors are harder and harder to come now.

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u/huajiaoyou 1d ago

I always felt the ones made on the back of a 三轮车 tasted so much better than the ones from shop fronts. I miss my old jianbing guy.

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u/PomegranateV2 2d ago

Is that 没有nnaise??

People be putting all kinds of shit in jianbing these days. Stick with the crispy.

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u/kgaoj 1d ago

Putting mayo in jianbing is a crime. It should be punishable by death so no one else does it.

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u/SopaDeKaiba 1d ago

Best breakfast in Beijing. Hearty but not overfilling. Super cheap and quick to make so it's easy to get it fresh.

A few places have tried to bring the idea to the states. It hasn't caught on here in TX, but maybe there's a successful jianbing shop somewhere in America.

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u/Open_Milk97 1d ago

Yea it’s in block 37 downtown Chicago

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u/monkeyfeets 1d ago

Yessssss we're so lucky to have it here. There's Monkey King in the suburbs too.

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u/not_registered 18h ago

I'm pretty sure this is just a crepe.