Coffin bread, also known as coffin lid or coffin board (Taiwanese Hokkien: koaⁿ-chhâ-pang 棺柴枋, Chinese: 棺材板; pinyin: guāncaibǎn),[1] is a Taiwanese bread bowl which originated in Tainan.

Coffin Bread
Street vendor making Coffin Bread at Shilin Night Market in Taiwan

History

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Coffin bread has been sold at night markets in Tainan and Taipei since at least the 1940s.[2] It became popular with US troops stationed in Taiwan.[3]

Description

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Coffin bread starts as a thick Texas toast style slab of white bread. The bread is hollowed out and either toasted or fried before it is filled with a creamy stew of chicken, seafood, tripe, or mushroom. It is then topped with a piece of toasted or fried bread, creating the "coffin" look.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lin, Eddie (16 October 2019). "Has Taiwanese Coffin Bread Ghosted Los Angeles?". losangeleno.com. Los Angeleno. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Craddock, Kat (18 March 2019). "Taiwan's Coffin Bread Perfects the Art of the Bread Bowl". www.saveur.com. Saveur. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ Keeling, Stephen (2013). The Rough Guide to Taiwan. UK: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1409350613.