The secret of making deep-fried dough sticks

Deep-fried dough sticks, a mouth-watering street food, are famous for their crispy skin and soft lining. Making delicious fried dough sticks is an art, which requires patience and a little skill. Let's uncover the secrets of its ingredients and manufacturing methods!

ingredients

flour: 5g

warm water: 26g

yeast: 5g (one teaspoon)

sugar: 5g (one teaspoon)

salt: 3g (half teaspoon)

baking powder: 5g (one teaspoon)

Stir well and leave it for 1 minutes until the yeast forms a foam, indicating that it has been activated.

2. Knead the dough

In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder evenly. Pour the activated yeast solution into the flour and stir with chopsticks or spatula until a sticky dough is formed.

3. Knead until smooth

Transfer the dough to a table with a little flour. Start kneading dough gently and patiently. Knead for about 1-15 minutes until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.

4. First fermentation

Put the dough in a greased bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Put it in a warm place and ferment for 1 hour, or until the dough is twice as large.

5. kneading and exhausting

take out the fermented dough and knead it on the table for a few minutes to exhaust bubbles.

6. Divide kneading strips

Divide the dough into small pieces, each about 5g. Knead each small piece into a long strip with a length of about 2 cm.

7. Secondary fermentation

Put the kneaded noodles on an oiled tray and cover them with plastic wrap. Put it in a warm place again and ferment for 3 minutes, or until the volume of noodles is twice as large.

8. Frying

Pour a large amount of vegetable oil into a pan or frying pan and heat it to 18 degrees. Carefully put the fermented noodles into the hot oil. Gently turn the noodles with chopsticks to ensure uniform heating.

9. Setting and stretching

When the noodles are golden yellow, carefully take them out with chopsticks and blot the excess grease with kitchen paper. Stretch the noodles while they are hot to form the familiar shape of fried dough sticks.

1. Enjoy

crispy and soft fried dough sticks! Enjoy it while it's hot, dip it in your favorite dip and enjoy its delicious taste.

tip

to get a crispy crust, use high-gluten flour.

fermentation time will affect the fluffy degree of fried dough sticks. If there is not enough time, the fritters may harden; If the time is too long, the fried dough sticks may be sour.

it is very important to keep proper oil temperature when frying. Too low temperature will lead to excessive oil absorption of fried dough sticks, while too high temperature will lead to zooming of fried dough sticks.

when cooking oil strips while they are hot, they taste best.