Snack · Grilled & dried
Rou Gan (Macau-Style Meat Jerky)
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Vendors grill it fresh in the shop window and cut it to order — meant to be eaten within a day or two, still slightly warm and smoky.
Thick slabs of pork or beef are marinated, dried, and grilled over charcoal until smoky and slightly charred at the edges, sliced and sold by weight.
Why it's made this way: The dense concentration of competing jerky shops turned a traditional Cantonese preservation technique into a signature tourist street food.
Roughly what's in it
280kcal
22gprotein
18gcarbs
14gfat
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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