Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe
Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe

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Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Youtiao is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough commonly eaten in China and (by a variety of other names) in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Easy Chinese Doughnut Recipe (Crisp Fried Breadstick) Dầu chéo quẩy - Fried hollow Chinese bread sticks - Youtiao - Patongko.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook youtiao/chinese fried long donuts/cakwe using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe:
  1. Prepare 400 gr all purpose flour
  2. Take 1.5 tsp salt
  3. Make ready 0.5 tsp sugar
  4. Take 1 tbs baking powder
  5. Prepare 0.5 tsp baking soda
  6. Take 1 sdt garlic powder
  7. Prepare 270 gr water
  8. Get Canola oil as needed to coat the dough

Youtiao, also known as the Chinese cruller, Chinese oil stick, Chinese doughnut, You Char Kway/Cakwe/Kueh/Kuay (in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore), and fried breadstick, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough eaten in China and (by a variety of other names) in other East. Youtiao. (Chinese Crullers, Deep Fried Ghosts, You Zha Gui, 油條, 油条, Crullers, Chinese Oil Stick, Chinese Doughnut, Char Kway, Cakwe, Kueh, Kuay Youtiao is one of the most popular breakfast foods in China, consisting of Chinese breadsticks that are fried in pairs and connected in the middle. Youtiao is also known as Chinese oil stick or Chinese cruller is a traditional Chinese breakfast. Youtiao in fact is deep-fried Chinese breadstick.

Steps to make Youtiao/Chinese Fried Long Donuts/Cakwe:
  1. Mix well the dry ingredients. Pour in the water.
  2. Knead the dough until it feels soft. Coat the dough with oil.
  3. Put the dough in a bowl then cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
  4. Leave the dough in room temperature for 4 to 6 hours or put it in the fridge overnight.
  5. In the morning, take out the dough and let it sit on the counter (wrapped) for 1 – 2 hours until the dough is back to room temperature and VERY soft to the touch. This step is very important because when the dough is not in room temperature, it won't fry up properly.
  6. Gently flip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle very lightly flour the top side of the dough also.
  7. Roll out the dough to get about 1/4 in thick (about 4 in wide). Cut the the dough into 1 x 4 in strips (try to cut an even number of strips). Dip a chopstick in the water then press the center of one strip lengthwise. Put another strip on top of it then press the center (lengthwise) with a chopstick.
  8. Preheat the oil to fry until is very hot over medium heat.
  9. Hold the two ends of each piece and gently stretch the dough to a 7 to 8-inch long rope.
  10. Then put it in the hot oil. As soon as the dough floats, roll the dough in a continuous motion for about a minute by using chopsticks or tongs.
  11. The youtiao is done once they turn light golden brown.
  12. Repeat step 10, 11, 12 for the remaining dough.

The perfect match with Youtiao is soy milk. Since Youtiao is deep-fried, so it is not so popular as the old days. But it can always bring happy memories. Homemade You Tiao (Chinese Donuts) are crispy on the surface, extra airy, fluffy, and tender inside. Learn how to make the classic Chinese breakfast staple with safe ingredients while achieving the best texture, just like the street vendors.

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