Fun guo

Fun guo

A steaming tray with three fun guo
Origin
Alternative name(s)	Chaozhou fun guo, fun quor, fun gor, fen guo, Chiu Chow dumpling, Teochew dumpling, hung gue
Place of origin	Chaoshan area, Guangdong, Southern China
Creator(s)	Teochew people
Dish details
Course served	Yum cha
Main ingredient(s)	Filling: chopped peanuts, garlic chives, ground pork, dried shrimp, dried radish and shiitake mushrooms Wrap: de-glutenized wheat flour, tapioca flour, and corn or potato starch

Fun guo
Traditional Chinese	潮州粉粿
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Cháozhōu fěnguǒ Min - Hokkien POJ Tiô-chiu-hún-kué, Tiô-chiu-hún-ké Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Ciu4 jau1 fan2 gwo2

Fun guo, or Chaozhou fun guo sometimes spelled fun quor, fun gor, fen guo, Chiu Chow dumpling or Teochew dumpling is a variety of steamed dumpling from the Chaoshan area of coastal eastern Guangdong, a province in Southern China.

Ingredients

They are typically filled with chopped peanuts, garlic chives, ground pork, dried shrimp, dried radish and shiitake mushrooms. Other filling ingredients may include cilantro, jicama, or dried daikon. The filling is wrapped in a thick dumpling wrapper made from a mixture of flours or plant starches mixed together with boiling water. Although the recipe for the wrapper dough may vary somewhat, it typically consists of de-glutenized wheat flour (澄面), tapioca flour (菱粉), and corn or potato starch (生粉).^[1] The dumplings are usually served with a small dish of chili oil.

Teochew cuisine

In the Chaozhou dialect of Min Nan, the dumplings are called hung gue (粉餜), but they are more widely known by their Cantonese name. They are also eaten in non-Chaozhou regions of Guangdong.

Hawaiian cuisine

In Hawaii, fun guo is known as pepeiao, the Hawaiian word for ear, named for its shape resembling an ear.

See also

• Chaozhou cuisine

References

1. ^ Thefreemedia.com