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| Alternative names | shí jǐn |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Chinese |
| Main ingredients | meats,seafood,vegetables |
Subgum orsub gum (simplified Chinese:什锦;traditional Chinese:什錦;pinyin:shí jǐn;Jyutping:sap6 gam2;lit. 'tenbrocades',metaphorically "numerous and varied") is a type ofChinese dish in which one or more meats or seafood are mixed with vegetables and sometimes alsonoodles,rice, orsoup. It originates inCantonese cuisine and is a common dish on the menus ofChinese restaurants inNorth America.
The earliest known mention ofsubgum is in 1902 in a list of Chinese dishes in theChicago Daily Tribune.[1] An early indirect mention ofsub-gum is in 1906;[2] in 1909, there is a more explicit reference tosub gum deang at aChicago restaurant[3] and in 1913, tosub gum gai suey at aNew York City restaurant.[4]
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