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Cai rou huntun (pork and vegetable wontons) is a signature dish of China; we have verified places to eat it in Shanghai. Start with where to eat Cai rou huntun (pork and vegetable wontons) in Shanghai.
Cai rou huntun are Shanghai's pork and vegetable wontons, a filling of minced pork and leafy greens such as bok choy or shepherd's purse wrapped in thin dough and served in a clear, lightly seasoned broth.
Wontons are generally thought to have started in northern China before splitting into regional styles across the country. Shanghai's chaipan huntun street vendors, believed to have arrived with migrants from Anhui province, once sold the dish from bamboo carrying poles fitted with a small stove, and newspaper adverts already listed cai rou huntun on Shanghai menus in the 1930s and 1940s. The Shanghai style leans on freshness rather than boldness: pork mixed with bok choy or shepherd's purse for natural sweetness, in a broth simmered with pork or chicken bones and finished with egg crepe strips and dried seaweed.
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Where to eat Cai rou huntun (pork and vegetable wontons) in Shanghai: the editor picks
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