Bread bowl

A clam chowder served in a bread bowl (left).

Bread bowl

A porcini mushroom (darker elements) and noodle soup served in a bread bowl
Type	Bread
Main ingredients	Bread
Media: Bread bowl

A bread bowl is a round loaf of bread which has had a large portion of the middle cut out to create an edible bowl. They are typically larger than a roll but smaller than a full sized loaf of bread.

Bread bowls can be used to serve chili, New England-style clam chowder, and other thick stews (often, but not always, with a cheese or cream base). Soups with thinner bases are not generally served in bread bowls, as the broth would make the bread get too soggy too quickly. The bread becomes flavored as it absorbs some of the stew's base, and can be eaten after the stew has been eaten. Bread bowls are also used for dips, using the scooped-out bread for dipping.

Use of a bread bowl can add considerably to a soup's calorie count. Calorie counts posted at Au Bon Pain, for example, state that the bread bowl contains 620 calories in addition to those in the soup itself.

Variations

In 2008 The Daily Telegraph reported that a company in Birmingham, UK, was making a naan bread version.

One of the traditional recipes that uses a bread bowl is Knorr Spinach dip made with their vegetable mix package. This classic recipe in a bread bowl is make with a round pumpernickel bread loaf.

Coffin Lid

Coffin Lid (棺かん材ざい板いた)

"Coffin Lid" (Chinese: 棺かん材ざい板いた; pinyin: guāncáibǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-chhâ-pán) is a Taiwanese variant developed in Tainan. It uses Texas toast–preferably those cut from the soft loaves popular in East Asia–deep frying the bread to a crisp. A layer of crust is then cut away to expose the inside, which is then dug out, allowing stews to be placed in. The crust layer is then replaced on top of the stew.

See also

• Bread – Food made of flour and water
• Bunny chow – South African dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with curry
• Edible tableware – utensil consistent of food or which can be eatenPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• List of bread dishes – Dishes using bread as a main ingredient, listed by category
• Milk toast – Breakfast dish consisting of toasted bread in warm milk
• Sop – Piece of bread or toast that is drenched in liquid and then eaten.
• Trencher – Type of tableware used in medieval cuisine

External links

• Media related to Bread bowls at Wikimedia Commons