Laobing

Laobing

Type	Flatbread
Place of origin	China
Main ingredients	Salt, flour, water
Cookbook: Laobing  Media: Laobing

Laobing
Traditional Chinese	烙餅
Simplified Chinese	烙饼
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin làobǐng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lok3 beng2

Laobing (also: Luobing; Chinese: 烙餅; pinyin: làobǐng, lùobǐng) is a type of unleavened flatbread popular in parts of northern China, including Beijing. It is sometimes referred to as a Chinese pancake.

Laobing can be the size of a large pizza, 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.^[1] Most laobing are plain, although some have scallions or brown sugar 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). Laobing is becoming increasingly popular in other parts of the world, particularly Australasia, due to the increased immigration from China.

See also

• Scallion pancake

References

1. Qarooni, J., 1996: Flat Bread Technology, Springer p. 86.