Chanpurū

Chanpurū
Gōyā chanpurū

Chanpurū (チャンプルー?) is a form of popular Okinawan stir fry dish, generally containing vegetables, tofu, and some kind of meat or fish. Luncheon meat (such as Spam or Danish Tulip), egg, moyashi and gōyā (bitter melon) are some other common ingredients. Spam is not typically used in mainland Japan; however, spam is more common in Okinawa due primarily to the historical influence of the introduction of spam by the US Navy. Chanpurū is Okinawan for "something mixed" and the word is sometimes used to refer to the culture of Okinawa, as it can be seen as a mixture of traditional Ryūkyū, Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian and North-American culture. The term originates from the Malay or Indonesian word campur (pronounced "cham-poor"), meaning "mix".[1]

Long a local specialty only found on Okinawa, chanpurū has in recent years, through television shows and increased interest in Okinawan culture, spread to many restaurants on mainland Japan.

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Types of chanpurū

Gōyā chanpurū

The quintessential chanpurū, gōyā chanpurū consists of gōyā (bitter melon), egg, tōfu, and either spam or thinly sliced pork.[2] It often also includes vegetables such as carrots.

Tōfu chanpurū

Tofu stir-fried with vegetables and spam, bacon, thinly sliced pork belly, or canned tuna. Unlike tofu from mainland Japan, Okinawan tofu is firm and does not fall apart when stir fried. It is considered best form to crumble the tofu into the frying pan by hand, so as to avoid uniform squares.

Fu chanpurū

Fu is a kind of flatbread made from wheat bran, water, and eggs. It is stir fried with vegetables and a meat as above.

Sōmen chanpurū

Sōmen (or sōmin in Okinawan) are very thin noodles resembling angel hair pasta. It is stir-fried lightly in oil with green onions and meat as above.

Cultural chanpurū

Chanpurū (sometimes written and pronounced champloo) is Okinawan for "something mixed" and Okinawans take great pride in describing their culture and traditional attitudes to people and food as chanpurū. They will cite examples of their happy acceptance of foreign cultural items in the popularity of awamori (originally a liquor from Thailand), tacos albeit with added rice (from Mexico) and rafute (a Chinese meat dish).

See also

References

  1. ^ 岸 朝子(きし・あさこ). "Chanpurū shokubunka" (in Japanese). doraku.asahi.com. http://doraku.asahi.com/earth/japan/okinawa/060720.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03. 
  2. ^ "Goya Chanpuru". About.com Japanese Food. http://japanesefood.about.com/od/pork/r/porkgoyachanpu.htm. Retrieved September 7, 2011. 

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