Chinese doughnuts, otherwise known as youtiao or 油条, are common breakfast staples in China and other parts of East and Southeast Asia.
How To Eat Chinese Doughnuts
These long golden-brown deep-fried sticks of dough are chewy, light and airy and very versatile in how you can eat them.
The most simple yet popular way to enjoy them is with rice congee or dipped in soy milk. You can also have them wrapped in a crepe known as jianbing or 煎餅油条. Another way to enjoy them is with a rice noodle roll wrapped around them known as zháliǎng or 炸兩.
Homemade Chinese Doughnuts Recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 cups warm water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp yeast
- 5.5 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
1. Pour warm water into large mixing bowl. Add in salt and yeast. Allow yeast to hydrate for 2 mins.
2. Mix in flour and kneed inside the mixing bowl till it forms uniform texture. (Or use a KitchenAid mixer on low speed for less than 5 mins).
3. Cover dough with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise at room temperature for 4 hours or overnight.
4. Heat up 1-2 litre of cooking oil in fryer, preheat oil with medium-high heat. I usually let it heat up to around 180°F or 80°C.
5. Lightly dust dough and kneed inside the mixing bowl till no longer sticking to the bowl.
6. Cover the bowl and allow dough to rest for 30 mins. Break up the dough into 4 roughly equal pieces.
7. Place a piece of dough on a lightly floured surface.
8. Use a rolling pin to make rectangular sheet about 1/5 inch thick.
9. Lightly salt the sheet with salt shaker and gently press in the salt with rolling pin.
10. Cut into 1 inch x 4 inch strips (can be longer or shorter, depends on the size of your fryer).
11. Combine 2 strips together.
12. Press down into the middle of the combined strips with a chopstick.
13. Gently place 1 piece of dough into fryer, allow temperature to recover before adding additional pieces.
14. Fry doughnut till golden brown with frequent flipping to ensure even cooking.
15. Allow excess oil to drain before serving.
Printable Recipe for Homemade Chinese Doughnuts
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Homemade Chinese Doughnuts (Youtiao, 油条) | Foodgressing
These long golden-brown deep-fried sticks of dough are chewy, light and airy and very versatile in how you can eat them.
- 3 cups warm water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp yeast
- 5.5 cups all purpose flour
Pour warm water into large mixing bowl. Add in salt and yeast. Allow yeast to hydrate for 2 mins.
Mix in flour and kneed inside the mixing bowl till it forms uniform texture. (Or use a KitchenAid mixer on low speed for less than 5 mins).
Cover dough with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise at room temperature for 4 hours or overnight.
Heat up 1-2 litre of cooking oil in fryer, preheat oil with medium-high heat.
Lightly dust dough and kneed inside the mixing bowl till no longer sticking to the bowl.
Cover the bowl and allow dough to rest for 30 mins. Break up the dough into 4 roughly equal pieces.
Place a piece of dough on a lightly floured surface.
Use a rolling pin to make rectangular sheet about 1/5 inch thick.
Lightly salt the sheet with salt shaker and gently press in the salt with rolling pin.
Cut into 1 inch x 4 inch strips (can be longer or shorter, depends on the size of your fryer).
Combine 2 strips together.
Press down into the middle of the combined strips with a chopstick.
Gently place 1 piece of dough into fryer, allow temperature to recover before adding additional pieces.
Fry doughnut till golden brown with frequent flipping to ensure even cooking.
Allow excess oil to drain before serving.
