Laobing

Laobing

Origin
Place of origin	China
Details
Type	Flatbread
Main ingredient(s)	Salt, flour, water

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. 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