Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread
Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread

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Youtiao (油条), also known as Chinese fried dough or Chinese crullers, is a breakfast favorite in China. The Cantonese dialect has an even better name: yàuhjagwái (油炸鬼), which literally translates to "oil-fried-devil" (or ghost). I am sure there is an elaborate old folktale behind this crazy name. Youtiao is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough commonly eaten in China and (by a variety of other names) in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines.

Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook youtiao - chinese fried bread using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread:
  1. Prepare 150 grams Bread flour
  2. Make ready 1 grams Baking powder
  3. Make ready 1 grams Baking Soda
  4. Take 3 grams Salt
  5. Take 100 ml Water
  6. Take 1 Frying oil

Youtiao is also known as Chinese oil stick or Chinese cruller is a traditional Chinese breakfast. Youtiao in fact is deep-fried Chinese breadstick. The perfect match with Youtiao is soy milk. Since Youtiao is deep-fried, so it is not so popular as the old days.

Steps to make Youtiao - Chinese Fried Bread:
  1. Add the dry ingredients in a bowl and without using a spatula, mix them in a circular motion.
  2. Add in the water and mix in a circular motion with cooking chopsticks. Once it's been mixed well, scrape off the ends of the chopsticks and knead with your hands.
  3. Once the dough has stopped sticking to your hands and comes together, cover it with plastic wrap and let it sit for 30 minutes.
  4. Once it's done resting, knead it a little bit more till it becomes shiny and the surface it smooth. Then roll it out to a 1cm thickness.
  5. Fold the dough into thirds and shape it into a rectangular shape. Place it on a baking tray coated in vegetable oil, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator.
  6. Once the dough has returned to room temperature, gently roll it out, divide into 8 portions and knead each into 2 pieces.
  7. Take cooking chopsticks and push down firmly in the center of the pieces. Turn them over and do the same for the backside.
  8. While pulling on the ends, twist them. Deep fry them in oil at 350℉ (170℃), while skimming off any scum, until they reach a good color.

The perfect match with Youtiao is soy milk. Since Youtiao is deep-fried, so it is not so popular as the old days. But it can always bring happy memories. Fried Chinese breadstick also known as Chinese cruller, Youtiao, Cakoi etc. is a lightly salted long strip of dough, deep fried to golden brown. Youtiao is extremely versatile, normally eaten at breakfast accompanied by soy milk, coffee, rice porridge and congee, or used to dip in various soups and sauces. ··· Chinese Youtiao Frozen Fried Bread Stick Fried Dough.

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