At the table
Eat in small bites or share cut portions; let a hot filling cool first.
Contains wheat; fillings and cooking fats vary.
Recipes vary; confirm the actual ingredients if you have dietary restrictions.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
This Caohe preparation uses donkey fat in the bread.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory
- Chili heat
- Heat not recorded
- Texture
- Crisp bread; tender meat.
- How it’s made
- Cook donkey in stock; bake unleavened layered bread and fill.
This Caohe preparation uses donkey fat in the bread.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Hebei.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有保定驴肉火烧吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Donkey meat in Baoding’s crisp huoshao
Baoding’s donkey-meat huoshao pairs a hot, crisp flatbread with cooked, sliced donkey meat. The local style is linked to Caohe town in Xushui, whose donkey-meat processing technique entered Hebei’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. A county chronicle tells a Song-era origin story, but it is a local account, not proof of the event. This Baoding identity specifically uses donkey, not beef or lamb.