Meat floss
Meat floss made of beef | |
| Alternative names | Meat wool, pork floss, flossy pork, meat cotton candy or pork sung |
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| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | East Asia and Southeast Asia |
| Associated cuisine | Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam |
| Main ingredients | Pork, beef, or chicken |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 肉鬆 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 肉松 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | meat fluff, meat flakes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Southern Min name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 肉拊 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | processed meat; rubbed / broken-down meat | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 肉酥 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | meat flakes, meat crisps | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 肉絨 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 肉绒 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | (fine) meat wool, fine meat floss (embroidery silk); meat down feathers (or fine hair); meat velvet, fine meat fabric | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hakka name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 肉麩 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | meat wheat bran; meat gluten | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | ruốc (Northern Vietnamese) chà bông (Southern Vietnamese) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Thai | หมูหย็อง | ||||||||||||||||||
| RTGS | mu yong | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Malay | serondeng | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | abon | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tagalog | mahu or masang | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Khmer | សាច់ជ្រូកផាត់ sach chruok phat | ||||||||||||||||||
Meat floss, also known as pork or yuk sung (Chinese: 肉鬆; pinyin: ròusōng; Jyutping: juk6 sung1 ; Mandarin Chinese: [ɻôʊsʊ́ŋ]), is a dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton, originating from China. It is more commonly known as bak hu (Hokkien: 肉拊, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-hú) in Hokkien-influenced regions, such as Southeast Asia and Taiwan.