Rousong

Rousong
Rousong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	肉鬆
Simplified Chinese	肉松
Literal meaning	meat fluff
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	ròusōng
IPA	[ɻôusʊ́ŋ]
Wu
Romanization	[ɲiɔʔ soŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	yuhk-sūng
Southern Min name
Chinese	肉酥
Literal meaning	meat flakes
Hokkien POJ
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Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	bah-so·
Tâi-lô	bah-soo
Eastern Min name
Traditional Chinese	肉絨
Simplified Chinese	肉绒
Literal meaning	meat fabric
Fuzhou BUC
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Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	nṳ̆k-ṳ̀ng
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	ruốc (Northern Vietnamese) or chà bông (Southern Vietnamese)
Thai name
Thai	หมูหย็อง
RTGS	mu yong
Indonesian name
Indonesian	abon
Filipino name
Tagalog	mahu or masang
Khmer name
Khmer	សាច់ជ្រូកផាត់ sach chruok phat

Rousong
Alternative names	Meat wool, meat floss, pork floss, flossy pork or pork sung
Place of origin	China
Region or state	East Asia and Southeast Asia
Associated national cuisine	China, Vietnam and Indonesia
Main ingredients	Pork, beef, or chicken
	Cookbook: Rousong; Media: Rousong;

Rousong or yuk sung (pronounced [ɻôusʊ́ŋ]; Chinese: 肉鬆; Cantonese Yale: yuk6 sung1), also known as meat floss, is a dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton, originating from China.^[1] Rousong is used as a topping for many foods, such as congee, tofu, rice, and savory soy milk. It is also used as filling for various savory buns and pastries as well as a topping for baked goods filled with bean paste, for example, and as a snack food on its own. Rousong is a very popular food item in Chinese, Vietnamese (called ruốc in the North and chà bông in the South) and Indonesian dining.

Production and styles[]

Rousong is made by stewing finely cut pork, chicken or beef in a sweetened mixture of soy sauce and various spices until individual muscle fibres can be easily torn apart with a fork. This happens when the water-insoluble collagen that holds the muscle fibres of the meat together has been converted into water-soluble gelatine.^[2] The meat is teased apart, strained, and partially dried in the oven. It is then mashed and beaten while being cooked in a large wok until it is nearly completely dry. Additional flavourings are usually added while the mixture is being fried. The two main styles of rousong diverges on whether oil is added during the last process of production. The Jiangsu style rousong is dry-cooked and the product is a little chewy, while the Fujian style rousong is fried with oil and the product is a little crispy. Five kilograms (11 lb) of meat will usually yield about one kilogram (2.2 lb) of floss.^[3]

Variations[]

Fish can also be made into floss (魚鬆; yú sōng), though initial stewing is not required due to the low collagen and elastin content of fish meat. Rabbit and duck floss can also be found in China.^[4]^[5]

In Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia, beef or chicken floss is the most popular variant and is commonly called abon in Indonesian and serunding in Malay. In Malaysia, serunding is a popular delicacy during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.^[6]

In the Muslim-majority Hausa cuisine of Northern Nigeria, dambu nama is a dry, shredded beef snack, similar to rousong. It is fried and heavily spiced in its preparation.

A very similar product is pork fu (肉脯; pinyin: ròufǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-hú), which is less fried and less shredded than rousong, and has a more fibrous texture.

In Japan, almost make from fish; it call Dembu (Japanese: 田麩).

Fish floss is roasted to look very much like its meat counterpart.
Beef floss for sale in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Health[]

A study has demonstrated a positive correlation between increased processing temperatures of rousong and increased formation of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) within the meat. Up to seven different HAAs were found when rousong was processed at 150°C.^[7] HAAs are believed to promote the development of some cancers.^[8]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Grigson, Jane (January 1985), World Atlas of Food, Bookthrift Company, ISBN 978-0-671-07211-7
^ Vickie Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian. Essentials of Food Science. Springer, 2003, p. 169.
^ Melia, Ken (2017). Review of Meat Floss – Identifying opportunities for Australian Red Meat. North Sydney: Meat and Livestock Australia Limited
^ Zhou, Zhen (2017). "Research of new duck floss with spicy flavor" Food and Fermentation Technology: 120–125 – via Food Science and Technology Abstracts.
^ Leistner, Lothar (2002). Hurdle Technologies: Combination Treatments for Food Stability, Safety and Quality. New York: Kluwer / Plenum Publishers. pp. 132, 139. ISBN 978-1-4613-5220-4.
^ Thestar.com. "Thestar.com." Mum’s meat floss legacy. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
^ Liao, Guozhou (April 2009). "Effects of Cooked Temperatures and Addition of Antioxidants on Formation of Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines in Pork Floss". Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 33: 159–175. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4549.2008.00239.x – via Web of Science.
^ Weisburger, John H. (2002-09-30). "Comments on the history and importance of aromatic and heterocyclic amines in public health". Mutation Research. 506–507: 9–20. doi:10.1016/s0027-5107(02)00147-1. ISSN 0027-5107. PMID 12351140.

[grigson-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Grigson, Jane (January 1985), World Atlas of Food, Bookthrift Company, ISBN 978-0-671-07211-7

[2] Vickie Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian. Essentials of Food Science. Springer, 2003, p. 169.

[3] Melia, Ken (2017). Review of Meat Floss – Identifying opportunities for Australian Red Meat. North Sydney: Meat and Livestock Australia Limited

[4] Zhou, Zhen (2017). "Research of new duck floss with spicy flavor" Food and Fermentation Technology: 120–125 – via Food Science and Technology Abstracts.

[5] Leistner, Lothar (2002). Hurdle Technologies: Combination Treatments for Food Stability, Safety and Quality. New York: Kluwer / Plenum Publishers. pp. 132, 139. ISBN 978-1-4613-5220-4.

[6] Thestar.com. "Thestar.com." Mum’s meat floss legacy. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.

[7] Liao, Guozhou (April 2009). "Effects of Cooked Temperatures and Addition of Antioxidants on Formation of Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines in Pork Floss". Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 33: 159–175. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4549.2008.00239.x – via Web of Science.

[8] Weisburger, John H. (2002-09-30). "Comments on the history and importance of aromatic and heterocyclic amines in public health". Mutation Research. 506–507: 9–20. doi:10.1016/s0027-5107(02)00147-1. ISSN 0027-5107. PMID 12351140.

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Rousong

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Production and styles[]

Variations[]

Health[]

See also[]

References[]

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