Ba-wan (traditional Chinese: 肉圓; pinyin: roù yuán; Wade–Giles: jou4-yüan2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-ôan; literally "meat circle") is a Taiwanese snack food, consisting of a 6-8 cm diameter disk-shaped translucent dough filled with a savory stuffing and served with a sweet and savory sauce. The stuffing varies widely according to different regions in Taiwan, but usually consists of a mixture of pork, bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms. Changhua-style ba-wan is considered to be the "standard" ba-wan as it is the most famous and most widely imitated of all styles of ba-wan.
The gelatinous dough is made of a combination of corn starch, sweet potato starch, and rice flour, which gives it its chewy, sticky, and gelatinous texture and a greyish translucent hue. Ba-wan are initially cooked by steaming; however, they may also be served after being deep fried to give them a "skin" or gently poached in oil to heat them without drying them out.
History
It is believed that ba-wan were first prepared in the Beidou township of Taiwan by a student by the name Fàn Wànjū (范萬居) as food for disaster relief during the late Qing dynasty (1644 – 1912), when the Beidou region was struck by heavy floods. Since then, ba-wan had spread to different regions of Taiwan and is now considered by many as a national food.發源
後來又經過改良,加入豬肉、筍子等配料,逐漸發展成現今為人所熟知的肉圓,並且流傳到台灣各地,也產生了各地不同用料與做法的特色肉圓。
各地特色
肉圓的名稱在台灣也有地區差異,如有的地方把肉圓叫做「肉丸」。在鹿港,肉圓則是稱為「肉回」,這是由於肉圓的組成是由肉圓皮包著裡面的肉塊,形狀很像「回」這個字;此外,肉圓起鍋時,調理者會用叉子把肉圓上的油撥回油鍋,因此得名。
彰化肉圓
彰化肉圓是台灣彰化縣的特產,相傳是由位於彰化市的一名肉圓攤業者吳許水桃所創。肉圓外皮多以甘薯粉製作,內餡視各家口味不同而有差異,但多數店家用豬後腿肉製成的絞肉,佐以香菇為主。調理方法先將肉圓連同容器放入蒸籠蒸熟,固定外型,待食用時,再油炸而成。
新竹肉圓
外皮特色是皮有透明感且有咬勁,主要以在來米的米漿佐以蕃薯粉跟太白粉製成。它另外一項更為顯著的特色就是內餡以紅糟調味,豬肉餡料佐以紅糟、糖跟醬油,再加上剁碎的青蔥,就是新竹肉圓的基本餡料。調理時會將餡料包入米漿中,然後先蒸再炸,起鍋後佐以醬油、辣椒醬等調味,是新竹居民平日常吃的小吃之一。
北斗肉圓
屏東肉圓
屏東肉圓是台灣最早以「蒸」的方式調理的肉圓,內餡以生豬肉加上其他調味料,外皮則以在來米漿和地瓜粉揉成圓狀,再送入蒸籠裡蒸熟,再淋上甜鹹醬即可食用。一般會習慣吃完後用殘汁殘肉再去盛清湯來喝。
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