Speaking of breakfast in Henan, besides Hu spicy soup, there must be some staple foods to go with it. A big cake like this is very suitable. It tastes fragrant and crisp, and it is really beautiful with a bowl of hot soup. As the name implies, this kind of big oil cake is fried, and a lot of oil is needed in the production process. Look at this big brother, when making oil cakes, the chopping board, dough and hands are all oily.
The production process of this kind of big oil cake is also very special, which requires a mold, with a round iron plate in the middle and two iron handles on both sides. Then big brother tore off a big piece of dough and pressed it directly on the iron plate to make a cake. The whole process relies on oil anti-sticking, and the dough is quite large, estimated to be half a catty. After pressing, you can fry in the pan. Brother slowly dipped the iron plate into the oil, and then shook it gently, and the oil cake was out of the pot. This process is so special.
The oil cake is fried to golden brown on both sides like this, and it can be served. Finally, it can be cut into small pieces to eat. In fact, the dough of this kind of big oil cake is similar to that of fried dough sticks, and it is made of dough sticks, which is more elastic. Therefore, this kind of dough can be easily pressed into cakes directly by hand, which will be cooked quickly when fried in a pot, and will float when fried. There will be bubbles on the surface when fried, but the bubbles will be brittle when eaten.
Many breakfast stalls in Henan will fry this kind of big oil cake, a 6 yuan, which has a lot of weight. Usually two people are about the same. This oil cake tastes salty and fragrant, which is completely different from fried dough sticks. This kind of big oil cake will taste more fragrant, and it is delicious whether it is accompanied with Hu spicy soup or soaked in Hu spicy soup. I wonder if you have eaten this kind of big oil cake? What do you think of the taste?