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| Type | Jjinppang |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | South Korea |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Wheat flour,red bean paste |
| Ingredients generally used | butter,salt,sugar |
| 200 kcal (840 kJ)[1] | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 호빵 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | hoppang |
| McCune–Reischauer | hoppang |
| IPA | [ho.p͈aŋ] |
Hoppang (lit. 'Ho[t] bread';호빵) is a warm snack that is sold throughoutSouth Korea. It is aconvenience food version ofjjinppang (steamed bread) and is typically filled with smooth, sweetenedred bean paste.
Hoppang is a product that makes it easy for the family to eat steamed bread, which was formerly sold at snack bars. It was created when food founder Chang-sung Heo visited Japan in 1969. Heo created Hoppang as a product that was sold on Japanese streets and sold in the winter, the low-peak season in the bakery industry, and then released it in 1971.[2]
Hoppang wasa brand name for the ready-to-eatjjinppang developed bySamlip in 1970, which combined theonomatopoeiaho, ho (the sound for blowing on hot steamed bun) andppang, the Korean word for bread. Also it has meaning of 'The whole family eats together and smiles; Ho ho'.[3] The brand name soon became the generic name forconveniencejjinppang.
Typicalhoppang is filled with sweetenedred bean paste,[4] but it is also commonly sold stuffed with vegetables and meat, pizza toppings, pumpkin, orbuldak.[1][5]
Steamer- or microwave-readyhoppang is often packaged in multiples atsupermarkets andgrocery stores, while manyconvenience stores sellhoppang throughout the winter months in cylindrical heating cabinets designed to steam and keep them warm.[6][7]
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