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Minchee, or minchi, is a Macanese dish based on minced or ground meat stir-fried with vegetables and seasoned. It is widely considered Macau's national dish.
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Minchee, or minchi, is a Macanese dish based on minced or ground meat stir-fried with vegetables and seasoned. It is widely considered Macau's national dish.
The word minchi may be a local pronunciation of "minced". According to The Splendid Table, this suggests "the dish may have been introduced to Macau by the Anglophone community in Hong Kong, though other histories place its origins in Goa, another Portuguese province."[1]
While recipes vary, the dish is generally based on minced or ground meat. It is made with beef or pork with onions, cubed potatoes, and sometimes mushrooms, slightly stir-fried, and flavoured with Worcestershire sauce, molasses and soy sauce.[2][3] When served with a fried egg on top it is called minchee chow dan. (Chinese: 免治炒蛋).
It is according to The Splendid Table "one of the most prized dishes of Macau and has as many variations as there are cooks that make it."[1] According to Vice it is "one dish that's emblematic of the dizzying cultural melting pot that is Macau" and is "widely regarded as the national dish".[2] It is a dish traditionally served in homes; typically every home cook has their own recipe.[4][5][6]