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Rouyan
Rouyan made with yanpi wrappers
Putien bian rou dumpling soup
Putian-style bianrou soup
Taipien by woinary in Kumamoto
Taiping yan

Yanpi (Chinese: 燕皮; pinyin: yànpí; literally "swallow skin") is a type of wonton skin used in Chinese cuisine. Lean pork meat taken from the shanks is mixed with glutinous rice, pounded to a paste, then sprinkled with starch. The meat gives yanpi a taste and texture similar to that of surimi. The thin yanpi skins are used to wrap bianrouyan ((Chinese: 扁肉燕; pinyin: biǎnròuyàn; literally "flat meat"), a type of meat wonton which are often used in taiping yan, a soup eaten on special occasions in Fujian. Yanpi is a speciality of Northern Fujianese cuisine, particularly Putian cuisine. Wang Shitong (Chinese: 王世統) popularized yanpi in the first decades of the 20th century by drying it, allowing it to be stored for long periods rather than used on the day it was made.

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