- Any taste
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- Spicy25
- Sweet20
- Sour16
- Smoky4
- Rich24
- Fresh11
- Any ingredient
- Beef11
- Pork33
- Lamb7
- Chicken16
- Duck3
- Fish6
- Seafood9
- Egg5
- Dairy & cheese5
- Beans & tofu12
- Rice12
- Wheat & flour40
- Potato3
- Vegetables8
- Offal8
- Nuts & seeds5
- Any type
- Main dish36
- Soup & stew10
- Noodles & pasta21
- Bread & pastry4
- Street food13
- Dessert7
- Snack11
- Drink6
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How to pronounce Nang (Xinjiang flatbread)
Nang (Xinjiang flatbread) is written 馕 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /nɑŋ˧˥/. In plain English letters that is NAHNG, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Nang (Xinjiang flatbread)?
Nang (Xinjiang flatbread) is a bread or pastry of China. Where it comes from: Xinjiang. People usually eat it for breakfast and at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.
Where Nang (Xinjiang flatbread) comes from
Nang (Xinjiang flatbread) is one of 108 signature dishes of China on this map. See all dishes from Xinjiang.
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Dapanji, big plate chicken, is a spicy stew of chicken, potatoes and chilli peppers served on a large platter.
- Chuan'r (Xinjiang lamb skewers) 羊肉串
Chuan, or chuanr in the north, are small pieces of meat roasted on skewers, and lamb skewers in particular.
- Peking duck 北京烤鸭
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- Xiaolongbao 小笼包
Xiaolongbao are small soup dumplings steamed in the bamboo basket that gives them their name.
- Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐
Mapo tofu is Sichuan cooking in one bowl: soft tofu in a red, oily sauce of fermented broad-bean chilli paste with minced beef and plenty of Sichuan pepper, which leaves the mouth tingling.
- Lanzhou beef noodles 兰州牛肉面
In Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu on the old Silk Road, a bowl of beef noodles is breakfast.
Dishes like Nang (Xinjiang flatbread) in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Nang (Xinjiang flatbread):
- Patir
Patir is a rich Uzbek flatbread.
- Baursak бауырсақ
Baursak are small pieces of dough, round or square, deep-fried until puffy and golden.
- Amritsari kulcha ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰੀ ਕੁਲਚਾ
Kulcha is a North Indian flatbread of refined wheat flour, traditionally leavened and baked in a tandoor; the word comes from a Persian term for a disc-shaped loaf.
- Kaak کاک
Kaak, also known as kurnoo and as pathar ki roti, "bread of stone", is a hard bread of the Baloch and Pashtun peoples.