Lingbao Roujiamo Meat Sandwich 灵宝肉夹馍
Lingbao Roujiamo Meat Sandwich is featured among the local specialties of Henan.
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Lingbao Roujiamo Meat Sandwich (灵宝肉夹馍) pairs a crisp, layered baked bread with richly braised pork. Lingbao’s municipal government describes hot bread with cool meat as the customary combination, alongside a variation using both bread and meat hot.
Pork cooked in aged stock
The filling uses pork from the rib section, braised with an aged master stock and more than fifty spices, including star anise and tsaoko. It cooks in a dedicated vessel for over ten hours. The municipal description emphasises tender, yielding meat, with succulent fat and lean portions that are not dry.
A crisp shell and thin layers
The freshly baked shaobing (烧饼) has a bright golden exterior, crisp outside and soft within. Its interior separates into very thin layers. The bread encloses the braised meat to form the sandwich.
Garlic and chilli were added to the filling’s seasoning in a development dated by the municipal account to 1993.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-26. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.