Pastry · Baked
Xiekehuang (Crab-Shell Pastry)
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Despite the name, there's no crab in it at all — baked until its round, golden-brown surface resembles the shell of a steamed crab.
A round, layered puff pastry with a sesame-lard dough is filled with savory options like scallion oil, pork, or shrimp, or sweet fillings like rose paste, then baked.
Why it's made this way: Its name comes purely from appearance — a naming pattern common to Jiangnan-region pastries.
Roughly what's in it
300kcal
9gprotein
32gcarbs
15gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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