{{short description|Okinawan stir fry dish}} {{Redirect|Champloo|the animated television series|Samurai Champloo}} {{Infobox food | name = Chanpurū | name_lang = jp | image = Goya Champuru at Yumenoya.jpg | image_size = | caption = Gōyā chanpurū | alternate_name = {{lang|ryu|チャンプルー}} | country = Japan | region = Okinawa Prefecture | creator = | course = | type = Stir fry | served = | main_ingredient = Tofu, vegetables | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Chanpurū''' ({{langx|ryu|チャンプルー}}) is an Okinawan stir fry dish. It is considered the representative dish of Okinawan cuisine.<ref name="d" /><ref name="n" /> It generally consists of tofu combined with some kind of vegetable, meat, or fish.<ref name="n" /> Luncheon meat (such as American Spam or Danish Tulip), egg, ''moyashi'' (bean sprouts) and ''gōyā'' (bitter melon) are some other common ingredients. Spam is not typically used in mainland Japan, but it is more common in Okinawa due primarily to the historical influence of its introduction by the US Navy. ''Chanpurū'' is Okinawan for "something mixed" and the word is sometimes used to refer to the culture of Okinawa, as it can be seen as a mixture of traditional Okinawan, Chinese, mainland Japanese, Southeast Asian and North American culture. The term originates from the Malay word ''campur'', meaning "mix".<ref name="shokubunka" />
Long a local specialty only found on Okinawa, ''chanpurū'' has in recent years, through television shows and increased interest in Okinawan culture, spread to many restaurants on mainland Japan.
==Types of chanpurū== Gōyā chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|ゴーヤーチャンプルー}}) is the quintessential chanpurū. It consists of bitter melon (''gōyā''), egg, Shima tofu,<ref name="ひろし屋食品株式会社">{{Cite web |last=ひろし屋食品株式会社 |title=手作りスーチカ―のゴーヤーチャンプルー |url=https://hiroshiya.co.jp/recipes/85/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=ひろし屋食品株式会社}}</ref> and either Spam or thinly sliced pork belly or canned tuna.<ref name="n" /><ref name="food" /> It often also stir fried with vegetables such as carrots. Other variations include tofu chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|トーフチャンプルー}}) made with firm Shima tofu,<ref name="ひろし屋食品株式会社"/><ref name="n" /> māmina (mung bean sprout) chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|マーミナーチャンプルー}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=大琉球語辞典 |url=https://ryukyu-lang.lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/jdetail/232874 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=ryukyu-lang.lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp}}</ref><ref name="d" /><ref name="n" /> fū (seitan) chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|フーチャンプルー}}), sōmin (sōmen) chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|ソーミンチャンプルー}}), and nābērā (luffa) chanpurū ({{langx|ryu|ゴーヤーチャンプルー}}).
<gallery mode="packed" widths="160px" heights="160px"> File:Goya champuru (bitter gourd stir-flies) (868640691).jpg|With ''gōyā'' File:Fu champru（フーチャンプル） (20538848135).jpg|With ''fu'' File:Chanpuru with egg.jpg|With egg File:Okinawa soba and goya chanpuru.jpg|With Okinawa soba and Orion beer File:Somin Champru (7662186310).jpg|With somen </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Food|Japan}} * Champloose * List of tofu dishes
==References== {{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="d">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Dijitaru Daijisen |title=ちゃんぷるー |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-12-17 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans-title=Chanpuru |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 }}</ref>
<ref name="food">{{cite web|url=http://japanesefood.about.com/od/pork/r/porkgoyachanpu.htm|title=Goya Chanpuru|publisher=About.com Japanese Food|accessdate=September 7, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113122259/http://japanesefood.about.com/od/pork/r/porkgoyachanpu.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="n">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) |title=ちゃんぷるー |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-12-17 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans-title=Chanpuru |oclc=153301537 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 }}</ref>
<ref name="shokubunka"> {{cite news |last=Kaur |first=Kirat |date=2020-03-09 |title=You Probably Had No Idea This Popular Japanese Dish Has Malay Origins |url= https://www.therakyatpost.com/taste/2020/03/09/you-probably-had-no-idea-this-popular-japanese-dish-has-malay-origins/ |work= |location= |publisher=The Rakyat Post |access-date=}} </ref>
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