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A nikuman, (肉まん; derived from 肉饅頭 niku (meat) manjū), is a Japanese food made from flour dough, and filled with cooked ground pork or other ingredients. It is a kind of chūka man (中華まん lit. Chinese-style steamed bun) similar to the Chinese baozi (包子),

Nikuman are steamed and often sold as street food. From about August or September, through the winter months until roughly the beginning of April, Chūka man are available at convenience stores, where they are kept hot.

Contents 1 Other varieties of the Japanese chūkaman 2 Special variations of chūka man 2.1 Circle K Sunkus 2.2 Ministop 2.3 FamilyMart 2.4 Lawson 2.5 SAVE ON 3 See also 4 External links

• Butaman (豚まん, butaman^?) — essentially an equivalent to nikuman, this name is more common in the Kansai region.
• Anman (あんまん, anman^?) — the ingredients consist of azuki beans (koshian or tsubuan). Lard and sesame oil are typically added to increase flavor and taste. Similar to Chinese Doushabao.
• Pizza man (ピザまん, pizaman^?) — the ingredients consist of a mixture of pizza sauce and other common pizza ingredients such as cheese, sausage, pepperoni, and corn. The specific ingredients vary slightly depending on the maker.
• Curry man (カレーまん, karēman^?) — turmeric or food coloring is added to the skin to make it yellow. The ingredients are the same as meat buns or pork buns with curry-style flavoring. There is also curry man similar to curry bread or dry curry.

Various convenience stores have offered seasonal varieties of chūka man:

• White curry man
• Squid ink seafood man
• Deli chicken man with mayo-style flavor

• Crunchy Chinese seafood man
• Crunchy cheese sausage donut man
• Boiled pork cube crunchy curry man
• Crunchy cheese lasagna man

• Cream cheese man
• Sakura man
• Choco-man

• Milk caramel man

• Sakura anman
• Beef tendon man
• Jiaozi man

• Manju (food) (饅頭)
• Baozi (包子)
• Cha Siu Baau (叉燒包)
• Manapua

• Imuraya Confectionery Co., Ltd. Chinese-style steamed bun
• Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. Chūka man