How many calories in a jianbing
A jianbing has about 350 kcal, with 12 g of protein.
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To burn it off
Jianbing is a thin crepe made on a hot round griddle, with an egg cracked on top, a sweet bean sauce, chilli, spring onion and coriander. A crisp fried cracker goes in the middle before it's folded into a parcel.
One is 350 kcal, with 40 g of carbs, 15 g of fat and 12 g of protein. The fried cracker is where most of the fat comes from.
It's breakfast in northern China, made in under two minutes at a street stall. Tianjin calls its version jianbing guozi and has opinions about everyone else's.
Tips
- 1Ask for two eggs, it adds protein and keeps you full longer.
- 2Go easy on the sweet sauce.
- 3Skip the extra sausage, the egg and cracker are enough.
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Questions
What is jianbing made of?
A crepe of wheat and often mung bean flour, egg, sweet bean sauce, chilli, spring onion, coriander and a crisp fried cracker or dough stick.
How many calories in two jianbing?
About 700 kcal.
Is jianbing a breakfast food?
Yes. In northern China it's bought from street stalls on the way to work.
What is the crispy bit inside a jianbing?
A thin sheet of fried dough called baocui, or a youtiao, a fried dough stick in Tianjin.
Is jianbing high in protein?
About 12 g, mostly from the egg. A second egg adds more.
