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GN.104.0002 Indonesian
Abon: Indonesian Meat Floss
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Abon: Indonesian Meat Floss

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II · Description

Abon is Indonesian meat floss — beef, chicken, or fish that has been braised until falling apart, then shredded finely and dry-fried until each strand is individual, crisp, and light as cotton candy. It is a preservation technique (the completely dehydrated floss keeps for weeks) and a texture technique (the wispy, cloud-like strands melt on the tongue and dissolve into rice). Chinese *rousong* (肉鬆) is the direct relative.

III · The Thread
  • Chinese rousong/肉鬆 (the direct ancestor — same technique, same function), Taiwanese pork floss (same product, mass-produced), Brazilian carne seca desfiada (shredded dried beef — wetter, not as finely
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