For serving next to a warm bowl of congee or dunking into sweet soy milk.
Fully developing gluten encourages maximum extensibility.
Step into any dim sum restaurant, and you’ll likely run into some version of youtiao. Roughly translated as “oil strips” in Mandarin, these airy, golden fried sticks of dough are the equivalent of savory donuts or churros. While they're commonly eaten in China for breakfast with congee, youtiao are also found in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines, from Cambodia to Laos, and even in the Philippines and Thailand, although the pastry is known by different names.
The best youtiao feature a golden brown, well-puffed exterior and a light, airy interior. The outside should be crisp, while the inside should be tender and fluffy. Traditionally, Chinese cooks employ a number of specialty ingredients to produce these qualities. For instance, according to, dried cuttlefish bones are used as a source of calcium carbonate, which is thought to promote puffing and delay browning, allowing for a crispier product.
In the interest of accessibility and simplicity, I found that a healthy proportion of baking powder worked just as well to provide that airy texture. To provide structure, I made sure to fully develop gluten through extensive kneading up front, since maximizing gluten development ensured maximum capacity for dough expansion as it fried. To bring richness and a little more structure, I also incorporated an egg.
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