Bing (Chinese flatbread)
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Bing (Chinese: 饼; pinyin: bǐng) is a Chinese family of flatbreads and savory pancakes, similar to the Indian roti or Mexican tortilla. Some common types include the cong you bing (scallions and oil bing), fa mian bing (yeast-risen bing), qian ceng bing (thousand layer bing), shaobing, and jian bing (fried egg pancake, similar to crepes). Bings are a casual food, generally eaten for lunch. A famous meal involving bing is Peking duck and moo shu pork, both of which are rolled up in thin wheat flour bing called báo bǐng (薄饼; literally "thin pancakes"), or mu xu bing (木须饼) with scallions and soybean paste or hoisin sauce. Bings are cooked on a skillet or griddle.
Some cakes and patties are also referred to as bing, such as yue bing (mooncakes) and luo buo bing (turnip patties).
Bings are also eaten in Korean culture, the most common being jian bing, which are consumed together with seafood.
