Beef ball
| Beef ball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre-cooked beef balls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 牛丸 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | niúwán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | ngàuyún | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | beef ball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A beef ball (Chinese: 牛丸; pinyin: Niúwán) is a common food in Cantonese and overseas Chinese communities and originated from the Teochew people. Beef balls are made of pulverized beef and are similar in form and preparation to fish balls, but with a darker color.