On weekends, I really wanted to eat fried dough cakes and fried dough sticks in the morning, so I made up my mind to try making fried dough sticks at home. Not to mention, because of the epidemic, I spent more time at home. One characteristic is that I always think about my cooking skills and have made a lot of progress.

Fried dough sticks were also called "fried stew" and were a breakfast food made by people in Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that the origin of youtiao is as follows:

In 1142, the national hero Yue Fei was framed in Fengbo Pavilion by the traitor Qin Hui and his wife Wang. After the people in the capital Lin'an (now Hangzhou) learned about this incident, they were all filled with indignation and hated Qin Hui and the Wang family. At that time, there was a restaurant specializing in fried food near Fengbo Pavilion. The owner of the store was frying food next to the oil pan. After learning the news that Yue Fei was killed by Qin Hui and his wife, he couldn't restrain his anger and grabbed a piece of dough from the basin. He made two little people, a man and a woman, and stuck them together back to back, and threw them into the oil pan. He shouted again and again: "Eat fried Qin Hui!" When he shouted, everyone around him felt excited. Everyone understood what he meant, so they all came together, helping to cook, shouting, and eating.

Later, because the dough kneaders took a lot of time and customers kept queuing up, the shop owner came up with a simple method: knead a large dough, spread it out, and cut it into many small ones with a knife. Tiaotiao, pick up two, one is the scoundrel Qin Hui, the other is the Diao Po Wang, press them with a stick, twist them together, put them in the oil pan and fry them, still call them "fried cypress". Other restaurants saw this and followed suit. As a result, the whole city of Lin'an started making "fried cypress", and it soon spread throughout the country. "Fried cypress" has been passed down to this day, and many areas have renamed it "fried dough sticks", but there are still places called "fried braised noodles".

Now I will introduce how to make fried dough sticks. If you are interested, try it together~

Ingredients: 200 grams of flour, 3 grams of yeast powder, 1 egg, salt 1/4 tsp, appropriate amount of cooking oil

Preparation method:

Step 1: Take a large bowl, pour 200 grams of flour, then break in an egg and add 3 grams For yeast powder, add about 60 grams of warm water. Use chopsticks to stir the flour into a flocculent form. After there is no dry flour, knead it into a smooth dough with your hands. Note at this step: Because eggs are added, the eggs can make the fried dough sticks fluffy, so the amount of water will be less than the usual amount of water for making dough.

Step 2: Apply a layer of cooking oil to the dough to lock in the moisture, then wrap the dough with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator overnight. Note on this step: Generally, fried dough sticks are mainly eaten for breakfast, so the noodles can be mixed the night before, and then placed in the refrigerator to ferment. After the dough has risen the next morning, you can fry the fried dough sticks. In this way, the time arrangement will be more reasonable and it can also ensure that the dough has sufficient fermentation time.

Step 3: After taking out the risen dough from the refrigerator in the morning (the risen dough looks like a piece of cake), place it on the chopping board. Because the dough is oily on the outside, do not spread it dry on the chopping board. You can add a little less cooking oil to the flour, which will prevent sticking and make the dough elastic. No need to knead the dough, just use a rolling pin to gently roll the dough into a long shape, then cut it into long strips of the same width with a knife, and then cut off half of the strip. Note at this step: Do not knead the dough after it has risen, just use a rolling pin to gently roll it into a long shape, otherwise the dough sticks will not be fluffy.

Step 4: Put two long pieces of dough together, use a chopstick to gently press it in the middle, and then pinch the two ends tightly with your hands, so that you have a dough stick embryo. alright. Repeat this to make all the fried dough sticks. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for ten minutes.

Step 5: Put a pot on the fire, pour oil into the pot, when the oil temperature is 60% hot, put the fried dough sticks in. Before putting them in, you can stretch the fried dough sticks with both hands and then lower them into the oil pan. Wait for the fried dough sticks to be in the oil pan. Use chopsticks to turn over at any time after setting in the pot.

Step 6: Fry until the fried dough sticks bulge and become golden on both sides, then remove the oil and place on a plate.

1: The dough for fried dough sticks and fried dough cakes is reusable. Therefore, friends who like to eat fried dough sticks can also use half of the dough to make fried dough sticks and the other half to make fried dough cakes. However, fried dough sticks are made from dough. Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape and then cut it into narrow strips; for pancakes, roll the dough into long strips and then cut it into small pieces. Then roll the small pieces into a round shape and score two lines in the middle with a knife. The prototype is ready. Cover the dough cake embryo with plastic wrap and let it rest for ten minutes, then put it in the oil pan and fry it.

2: Whether it is fried dough sticks or fried dough cakes, it is recommended to make the dough sticks or fried dough cakes and cover them with plastic wrap for ten minutes to let the noodles relax again. They will feel light and fluffy in your hands before putting them into the frying pan. In this way, big bubbles will form when entering the oil pan, and the fried dough sticks will be hollow and soft in texture.

3: If you can’t finish the fried dough sticks for breakfast, the leftover dough sticks can also be used for stir-frying or making soup, such as fried dough sticks with loofah, egg fried dough sticks, green onion fried dough sticks soup, if you like fillings Friends, when mixing the stuffing of dumplings or steamed buns, you can also cut some diced fried dough sticks and mix them into the stuffing. It can be used as a copycat version of meat and tastes unique.

After frying the fried dough sticks, make a cup of soy milk. You no longer have to queue up outside to buy fried dough sticks on a cold day. From now on, you can also enjoy breakfast of fried dough sticks and soy milk at home. No additives are added. It is clean and hygienic and can be eaten by the whole family. You feel more at ease, and your day starts perfectly.

While staying at home, if you are like me and want to eat fried dough sticks and fried dough cakes, you might as well try it yourself, make delicious food by yourself, and enjoy the taste of happiness. You will find that ：Happiness is very simple~

The daily supply of firewood, rice, oil and salt has made us no longer have the feeling of "just like when we first met" the trivial and complicated cooking chores, but nevertheless, "regardless of gains and losses, completely selfless and happy" "Among them" is still our unremitting pursuit every day.

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