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Subgum or sub gum (traditional: 什錦; simplified: 什锦; Cantonese: sap⁶ gam²; pinyin: shí jǐn; literally "numerous and varied") is a type of Chinese dish in which one or more meats and/or seafood are mixed with vegetables, and sometimes also noodles, rice, or soup. It originates from Cantonese cuisine and is a commonly encountered dish on the menus of Chinese restaurants in North America.

The earliest known indirect mention of sub-gum is in 1906;^[1] in 1909, there is a more explicit reference to sub gum deang at a Chicago restaurant^[2] and in 1913, to sub gum gai suey at a New York restaurant.^[3]

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^ J.H. Long et al., "Report of the Committee on Preliminary Medical Education", The Councilor's Bulletin, American Medical Association, January 15, 1906, p. 260 full text
^ "'Hi How' Party in Chinatown", Chicago Daily Tribune, July 12, 1909, p. 3
^ "Sub Gum Hom Theon Gaî", The Edison Monthly, 5:12 (May, 1913), p. 442. full text

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v · d · eCantonese cuisine

Main dishes	Bao yu • Beef chow fun • Bird's nest soup • Buddha's delight • Cantonese seafood soup • Chinese steamed eggs • Congee • Crispy fried chicken • Dragon tiger phoenix • Hot pot • Seafood birdsnest • Shark fin soup • Snake bite chicken • Soy sauce chicken • Subgum • Sweet and sour pork • White boiled shrimp • White cut chicken • Wonton noodle • Yeung Chow fried rice

Dim sum / Yum cha	Almond jelly • Cha siu baau • Chicken feet • Coconut bar • Egg tart • Har gow • Jau gok • Jiaozi • Jin deui • Lo mai gai • Mango pudding • Nian gao • Nuomici • Ox-tongue pastry • Rice noodle roll • Shaomai • Spring roll • Steamed meatball • Swiss Wing • Taro cake • Taro dumpling • Tendon (meal) • Tofu skin roll • Turnip cake • Water chestnut cake • You tiao • Zhaliang

Siu laap	Char siu • Chinese sausage • Lou mei • Orange cuttlefish • Roast goose • Siu mei • Siu yuk • White cut chicken

Desserts / Pastry	Almond biscuit • Beef bun • Biscuit roll • Cocktail bun • Cream bun • Curry beef triangle • Deuk Deuk Tong • Douhua • Eggette • Ginger milk curd • Ham and egg bun • Mooncake • Paper wrapped cake • Peanut butter bun • Pineapple bun • Red bean soup • Sausage bun • Tong sui • White sugar sponge cake

Condiments / Spices	Fermented bean curd • Five-spice powder • XO sauce

Ingredients	Beef ball • Black bean paste • Chenpi • Fermented black beans • Fish ball • Fish slice • Frog legs • Garland chrysanthemum • Kai-lan • Mantis shrimp • Pig's ear (food) • Prawn ball • Rapeseed • Saang mein • Sea cucumber (food) • Shahe fen • Shrimp roe noodles • Spare ribs • Suan cai • Tofu skin • Wonton • Yi mein • Zha cai

Others	Chinese herb tea • Cart noodle • Dried shredded squid

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