Modern people have started a fast-paced life, and breakfast has brought great convenience to their work. There are many kinds of breakfast for different tastes. However, youtiao still maintains its dominant position. Fried dough sticks with milk, soy milk or porridge is economical, delicious and will make you go to work in a happy mood.

If you want to eat fried dough sticks, you don’t have to buy them. People are biased against food from outside. If you cook it at home, you can save trouble and eat with confidence. Generally speaking, baking soda and baking powder are used in fried dough sticks sold outside. In fact, this approach is not wrong, but it has certain health risks. You don’t have to use baking soda and baking powder to fry fried dough sticks. You don’t need either, as long as you operate it carefully, you will still get fluffy and crispy fried dough sticks.

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Under the action of it and the acidic substances contained in the dough, baking soda can be decomposed into sodium ions, water and carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas can play the role of fluffy food. However, the reaction in which baking soda releases gas requires the presence of an acid. If it is completed in a short period of time, the reaction will be difficult to control. If the dosage is too large, it will produce a bitter or astringent taste. At the same time, since baking soda is an alkaline chemical, it can easily destroy the vitamins of the flour. For these reasons, baking soda is rarely used alone as a leavening agent, but is generally used as an ingredient in a complex leavening agent. It is best not to use fried dough sticks unless the dough is over-fermented, so add an appropriate amount to balance its pH.

Baking powder is a compound leavening agent and comes in different types. Generally, solid alkali and acid powder are mixed. They do not contact or react under dry conditions. Once they come into contact with water, they will dissolve and contact, and the reaction will release gas. Solid alkali powder is commonly used as baking soda, and solid acid powder includes tartrate (tata powder) and phosphate (such as calcium phosphate and sodium pyrophosphate), which react very quickly; in addition, alum is used as a solid acid, and the reaction Much slower, but fast at high temperatures. Fried dough sticks are processed at high temperatures, and the baking powder reacts quickly. This is why many fried dough sticks sold by many sellers make their dough sticks particularly fluffy. However, fried dough sticks made with baking powder are like cotton in shape, dry in taste, and may become greasy if eaten regularly. It is recommended not to use fried dough sticks.

Frying fried dough sticks at home is not a big deal. It is also very simple. If you get up early, you can do it in time. You don’t need either baking soda or baking powder to fry fried dough sticks. Just follow my method. The crispy and delicious fried dough sticks will greatly enhance your taste and achieve the goal of "eating a good breakfast".

Main and auxiliary ingredients: 500g of flour, 1 and 1g of sugar, 1.5g of yeast powder, appropriate amount of cooking oil and salt, and 1 egg.

Steps:

①Pour the flour into a basin, mix the sugar and yeast powder together, soak it in warm water, stir it, and add an egg into it.

② Pour the mixture of yeast, sugar, and eggs into the flour. Do not pour too much at once. Pour it in little by little, stir it evenly, and mix it into a relatively soft consistency. Dough.

③Knead the dough smooth, then brush a layer of cooking oil on the surface with a brush, cover it with a layer of plastic wrap, and place it in a certain place to rise. In summer, the dough rises very quickly. Generally, the dough will double in size in about two hours, which is a very good dough. If it is winter, find a warm place, such as next to a stove or on a hot stove. , next to a heater, etc., it is best to mix the dough the night before and let it rise in place the next morning.

④After the dough has risen, take out the dough and place it on a chopping board sprinkled with dry flour. The dough for fried dough sticks does not need to be kneaded vigorously to deflate the air. You only need to hold the dough with your fist for a while, then directly shape it into an oval shape, and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a rectangular piece.

⑤ Cut the dough into strips and stack them together. Use a chopstick to press in the middle and pinch both ends tightly to prevent them from splitting during frying.

⑥Pour a little more oil into the pot and start heating it. When the oil temperature is 60 to 70% hot, put the fried dough sticks in and start frying.

⑦Fry the fried dough sticks until the surface is golden brown and looks bulging. Drain the oil and take it out separately.

The temperature of the oil for deep-frying the fried dough sticks is very important. If you put it in the pan when it is 60 to 70% hot, it will become bubbles even if you insert the chopsticks into it. Put the fried dough sticks into the pan and fry them. If the oil temperature is too low, it will affect the expansion. The fried dough sticks will not be hollow when fried; no baking powder or baking soda is required for fried dough sticks, only yeast powder is needed to make delicious fried dough sticks. Eat it while it's hot, fragrant and crispy. If you are interested, you may wish to follow this method and make it yourself.