What is Youtiao?
Youtiao or you tiao is a mandarin name for the type of fried Chinese bread popular as a breakfast meal in China. These bread sticks are made of yeast and are fried in pairs connected in the middle, resulting in a bloated bread with crispy outside and soft inside. Bread sticks can be served whole, filled with masses or cut and placed in the soup. It is also often placed inside sesame flavored flat bread and consumes as a sandwich. In addition, it can be included in rice porridge or spare iron soup or full of shrimp, pork or beef.
Although home recipes for yououtiao can indicate shorter lengths of bread sticks, traditionally these bread sticks are about 12-16 inches (30-40 cm) and are usually about 1 inch (3 cm). This bread is best served because of its tendency to become harsh or elastic if it is omitted for too long. yououtiao also contains flour, water, cUk, salt, baking soda and vegetable oil.
In China, bread sticks are often sold in street sellers. Stiff sellers usually add alum to their recipes - potassium aluminum sulphate crystals - to increase the inflated, crunchy exterior of their bread. However, Kamilna should generally be prevented because it often causes digestive problems.
Youtiao is so popular in China that in 2008 the US fast food restaurant based in Beijing included it as a breakfast. Although the price of bread sticks was a triple price of the average price of a street seller, KFC said their yououtiao was without a stone.
The original creation of yououtiao dates back to the beginning of the last Millennium and the Dynasty of the Song. The corrupt leader of China, Qin Gui, allegedly on the advice of his wife, made loyal General Yue Fei who people loved. In anger and protest, the chef created a few breads in roughly the shapes of a person who connected them together and deep frying, so symbolically cooked the leader and his wife in oil.
This original tradition is where the canton name for yououtiao stems from: zha Gui , literally means "fried devils" or "fried spirits". yououtiao has a less attractive literal translation, which means "oil" or "grease" in Mandarin. The closest English comparison with yououtiao is Cruller similar to the body.