Breakfast · Deep-fried
Youtiao (Fried Dough Stick)
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The two strands of dough twisted together are traditionally said to represent a corrupt 12th-century official and his wife — fried in oil as a form of public shaming.
A strip of leavened wheat dough is stretched, doubled, and pinched together, then deep-fried until it puffs into a long, hollow, golden-brown stick. Classically dunked in warm soy milk.
Why it's made this way: Folk legend ties the dish's name and shape to public anger at Southern Song chancellor Qin Hui, blamed for framing loyal general Yue Fei.
Roughly what's in it
280kcal
6gprotein
32gcarbs
14gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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