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Tube rice pudding

Region or state	Taiwan
Associated national cuisine	Taiwan
Main ingredients	glutinous rice, shiitake, minced pork, rousong, shallots, and eggs

Tube rice pudding (Chinese: 筒仔米糕; pinyin: Tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-á-bí-ko) is a Taiwanese dish consisting of a stir-fried glutinous rice mixture that is seasoned and steamed in a bamboo tube. Tube rice pudding is a cylindrical shape caused by the steaming process in a tube. The dish is typically served with shiitake, minced pork, rousong, shallots, and sometimes eggs. With various flavouring in different parts of Taiwan, the dish is often complemented by sweet chili sauce and is often eaten at breakfast. The dish is considered one of the national dishes of Taiwan and was featured on the 40 of the best Taiwanese foods and drinks by CNN Travel.