Chee Cheong Fan 猪肠粉

Chee Cheong Fan is a rice roll made from rice noodles. It resembles pig’s intestine which is why it is called Chee Cheong Fan literally translated from Cantonese as Pig’s Intestine Noodle.

Chee Cheong Fan is a Cantonese dish and can be found in Southern China, Hong Kong and overseas Chinese communities with Cantonese presence.

In Malaysia and Singapore Chee Cheong Fan is also popular with other Chinese dialect groups who referred to the dish in its Cantonese name.

Like many other type of Chinese food such as Bao and Popiah, Chee Cheong Fan is characterized by its versatility to suit a wide range of consumer tastes and even regional preferences.

Varities of Chee Cheong Fan

Chee Cheong can be consumed plain with some sweet sauce or soya sauce and a sprinkling of sesame seeds.

It can also be wrapped with fillings such as pork, beef, shrimp, BBQ pork and even vegetables for vegetarians.

Chee Cheong Fan with fillings is often served with soya sauce and chili. For additional texture, youtiao is wrapped with Chee Cheong Fan.

Chee Cheong Fun is an every day food item. It is consumed for breakfast, as a snack food or as a dim sun dish.

As it is steamed and not fried, Chee Cheong Fan is considered a healthy food by younger weight conscious consumers. 

Chee Cheong Fan sales

In most Chinatowns, Chee Cheong Fan offered in a food store is placed in a steamer and very often in the same steamer with bao and Mantuo.

There are also specialty stalls offering a wide selection of Chee Cheong Fan with different fillings.

In the dim sum restaurants, Chee Cheong Fan is a standard offering and available in small bamboo steams, sometimes push by a waitress announcing her dishes.

Chee Cheong Fun is also available in supermarket as frozen food for easy home consumption.

Sweet or savory, the simple Chee Cheong Fan is highly versatile and flexible to accommodate a wide range of preferences. No wonder it is popular and has spread outside of the traditional Cantonese community.

Chee Cheong Fan in a dim sum restuarant, New York Chinatown, USA

Chee cheong Fan with You Tiao

Mushroom Chee Cheong Fan
Vegetarian Chee Cheong Faan, New York Chinatown, USA

Frozen Chee cheong Fan, just steam it and ready for consumption

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