Youtiao
Youtiao , known in Southern China as Yu Char Kway, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of wheat flour dough of Chinese origin and (by a variety of other names) also popular in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and easily separated by hand. Youtiao are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee, soy milk or cow's milk blended with sugar. Youtiao may also be known as a Chinese cruller, Chinese oil stick, Chinese donut [sticks], and fried breadstick, among others.
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Recipes
Youtiao or Chinese Crullers – ( 油条) - Guai Shu Shu
Updated post on 18-5-2016 Today i have updated recipe 2 which is the most satisfactory batch i have prepared. It is rather time consuming but it uses very little raising agent. The youtiao have much more holey structure when compare to the previous batches...