Chinese Doughnut (Yóutiáo / Yu Char Kway)
Yu Char Kway is a simple and "all-match" Chinese traditional food. In Malaysia, we like to add it to Bak Kut Teh or dip Hainanese coffee for breakfast.
- Prep time
- 24 hr
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 125 g All Purpose Flour
- 125 g All Purpose Flour
- 75 ml Water
- 75 ml Water
- 0.25 tsp Salt
- 0 .25 tsp Salt
- 0.25 tsp Baking Powder
- 0 .25 tsp Baking Powder
- 0.25 tsp Baking Soda
- 0 .25 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- Right amount of cooking oil for deep fried
Instructions
- 1
Put all purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and water stir well.
- 2
Stir well until smooth then add in oil and stir until the oil absorbed.
- 3
Ready a container put in the dough and swipe some oil on it evenly.
- 4
Put into the fridge for overnight to let the dough tender.
- 5
Defrosted the dough on the next day about 30min to 1 hour and don't need to knead it. Just do the shaping.
- 6
Cut the dough into rectangle, put some water on the surface and place the other one on top of it.
- 7
Use chopstick press on the center of the dough to make it stick together.
- 8
After heat the oil, pull the dough gently to extend the length, then put it into the wok.
- 9
After the Youtiao floating on oil then use a chopstick to turn it.
- 10
Put the fried Youtiao on a colander to strain the extra oil then enjoy it.