{{Short description|Chinese street food of meat in flatbread}} {{Infobox food | name = Roujiamo | image = File:Roujiamo.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = ''Roujiamo'' with meat and [[bell peppers]] | alternate_name = | country = [[China]] | region = [[Shaanxi]] | creator = | course = [[Main course]] | served = | main_ingredient = [[Pork]] and [[flatbread]] made with [[yeast]] | variations = Beef, lamb | calories = | other = }} '''Roujiamo''' or '''rougamo''' ({{lang-zh|t={{linktext|肉夾饃}}|s=肉夹馍|p=ròujiāmó/ròugāmó|l=meat sandwich}})<ref>{{cite news|url=http://epaper.xiancn.com/xarb/html/2016-05/26/content_427890.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161211185049/http://epaper.xiancn.com/xarb/html/2016-05/26/content_427890.htm|title=肉夹馍英译Rougamo 泡馍标准黄豆粒大小|url-status=dead|date=26 May 2016|archive-date=2016-12-11|publisher=Xi'an Daily|language=zh|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> is a [[Shaanxi cuisine|Shaanxi]] [[street food]].<ref name="Tan 2017">{{cite web | last=Tan | first=Tony | title=What is rou jia mo? | website=Gourmet Traveller | date=April 27, 2017 | url=https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/explainers/what-is-rou-jia-mo-2327 | access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>
==Overview== The meat is most commonly [[pork]], stewed for hours in a soup with spices and seasonings.
Some alternatives are also available. For example, in Muslim areas in [[Xi'an]], the meat is usually [[beef]] (seasoned with [[cumin]] and pepper), and in [[Gansu|Gansu Province]] it is often [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]]. The meat is then minced or chopped and stuffed in ''baijimo'' ({{lang-zh|t={{linktext|白吉饃}}|s=白吉馍|p=báijímó}}), a type of [[flatbread]]. An authentic baijimo is made from a wheat flour dough with yeast and then baked in a clay oven, but now in many parts of China, baijimo is made in a frying pan,<ref name="Tan 2017"/> giving a taste that diverges significantly from the clay oven-baked version. Depending on the types of spices used to cook the meat and the way the bread is made, the taste of roujiamo can vary greatly from vendor to vendor. In Shaanxi, roujiamo is often sold in the form of combo with [[liangpi]] and [[Ice Peak (soft drink)|Ice Peak]] soft drink. It is found with regional modifications across China.
Roujiamo is considered the Chinese equivalent to the Western [[hamburger]] and meat [[sandwich]]es.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | last=Shah | first=Khushbu | title=China Brazenly Claims it Invented the Hamburger | website=Eater | date=April 14, 2015 | url=https://www.eater.com/2015/4/14/8414083/china-claims-it-invented-hamburger-burger | access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost1"/> Roujiamo is considered to be one of the world's oldest types of hamburgers, since the bread or the "mo" dates back to the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BC) and the meat to the [[Zhou dynasty]] (1045–256 BC).<ref name="HuffPost1">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/what-are-chinese-hamburger_n_7020056.html|title=What Are Chinese Hamburgers And Why Aren't You Eating Them?|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=8 April 2015|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Roujiamo">{{cite web |author-link=Clarissa Wei| last=Wei | first=Clarissa | title= Roujiamo: Is this Chinese snack the world's first hamburger? | website=Goldthread | date=July 16, 2020 | url=https://www.goldthread2.com/food/roujiamo-chinese-snack-worlds-first-hamburger/article/3093480 | access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=October 2023}}
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" widths="170px" heights="170px"> File:Chinese roujiamo.jpg File:古城樊氏腊汁肉夹馍1.JPG File:King Baos Roujiamo.jpg File:Roujiamo, Ji Bai He, Paris 002.jpg File:Laotongguan thousand layer roujiamo.jpg File:Roujiamo x2 (20160103174347).jpg File:Prepare roujiamo.jpg|Roujiamo being prepared </gallery>
==See also== {{portal|China|Food}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Ice Peak (soft drink)]] * [[Gyros]] * [[Donkey burger]] * [[Gua bao]], a Chinese pork belly bun * [[List of pork dishes]] * [[List of sandwiches]] * [[Sloppy joe]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Commons category|Roujiamo}} * {{cite web | last=Connelly | first=Michael Alan | title=20 Must-Try Street Foods Around the World | website=[[Fodor's]] | date=December 18, 2014 | url=http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/20-must-try-street-foods-around-the-world#!5-rou-jia-mo | access-date=July 24, 2016}}
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[[Category:Shaanxi cuisine]] [[Category:Meat dishes]] [[Category:Pork sandwiches]] [[Category:Street food in China]]