Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍) — Shaanxi Braised Pork Flatbread: Chinese Hamburger

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Rou jia mo (肉夹馍, literally meat sandwiched in bread — the grammar is reversed from English usage) is the Xi'an street food that has been called the Chinese hamburger — a crispy, slightly flaky flatbread (mo, 馍) split and stuffed with finely chopped braised pork (typically pork belly or pork cheek, called bao rou, 臊子) slow-cooked in a complex spiced master stock until it collapses and shreds. The contrast between the crackling, slightly charred flatbread and the moist, intensely spiced, gelatinous pork filling is one of the great Chinese street food experiences. Rou jia mo originates from the Shaanxi region and is associated with the Muslim Chinese (Hui) cooking tradition of Xi'an.

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