"Recently, McDonald’s started selling Youtiao in U.S. The mini MacDonalds’ Youtiao is called “Dough Sticks”, with the price of $2 dollars for 6 sticks. Do you know what a real Chinese Youtiao looks like in China? Following tips will help you learn real Chinese Youtiao and get to know the difference. Hope it helps."
LEARN REAL CHINESE YOUTIAO
| 了解真正的中国油条
English Words: Chinese Youtiao, Deep-Fried Dough Sticks in China
Chinese Pinyin: Zhōng Guó Yóu Tiáo
Chinese Characters: 中国油条
Similar Chinese Words:
油炸鬼 （Yóu Zhá Guǐ）| Deep-fried Dough Ghost
馃子 （Guǒ Zi）| Another name of Youtiao called in Tianjin and northern cities.
What is "Youtiao" in China?
Youtiao, also known as Deep-fried Chinese Dough Sticks, is a kind of traditional Chinese breakfast. It is not Chinese-style Baguette or Chinese donuts. A real Chinese Youtiao is long-shaped, crispy surface, soft and semi-hollow inside, and loved by the majority of Chinese people in daily life.
中国油条，即不是中国式的法棍、也不是甜甜圈, 而是中国一种传统早点之一。真正的中国油条的外形长条状，略蓬松，内部中空状，口感松脆有韧劲，深受很多地区的中国人喜爱。
What is Chinese Youtiao Made of?
The materials making for a real Chinese Youtiao are quite easy to prepare, including dough, baking powder, salt, and water. Just a few steps and one person can make it. If you don’t like fried food, you are free to bake dough sticks. Only a little bit different on taste, both baked and oil fried Youtiao are delicious in fact.
制作真正的中国油条的材料十分简单：面粉、发酵粉、食盐、水即可。做法十分简单。自己一个人在家也可以很快学会并完成。自制油条时，选择油炸或者烤箱烘培都可以，只是口感略微差异，都十分美味。
What difference of Youtiao Between in China and Abroad?
Eating Youtiao in morning is quite normal in many Chinese cities. From appearance it looks like long sticks, thus it has a lot of different English names such as Fried BreadStick, Chinese Oil Stick, Chinese doughnut stick, Chinese Cruller. However, Youtiao actually in China is not a Chinese-style Baguette or a Chinese donut. They are quite different.
在中国很多城市，油条都是常见的早餐种类之一。从外观上看起来与法棍相似，也有很多不同的英文名称，比如油炸的面包棒，中国的甜甜圈等。但事实上，中国油条与甜甜圈、法棍、面包棍有很大的不同。
Almost all Chinese Youtiaos are long-shaped.
几乎所有中国油条的形状都是长条状。
Roll out and flatten two doughs into long pieces, superimpose them together. Use one of the chopsticks to press the middle part of Dough. Stretch the head and end to make them a little bit longer, or twist two sticks together and then get fried.
将2条长条状面团擀平，叠加，用筷子按压下中部，油炸前，微微拉长两头即可。或者将两条长条状面团如麻花状扭在一起油炸。
Did you know why real Chinese Youtiao was fried by two pieces of dough sticks together? It is proved by experiment that, only when two dough pieces are superimposed and fried together, Youtiao could become expanded enough and give a combination taste of crispy outside and soft inside. Under the same oil temperature and other conditions, one stick would be fried much faster than two pieces, and then only a single crispy taste could be left.
真正的中国油条，为什么是两根一起炸的？因实验证明，只有两根叠加炸成的油条，才能迅速膨胀起来，形成外酥内韧的口感。若是单根油条油炸，由于受热更快更容易酥脆定型，反而膨胀度和口感有限。
In most cases, Chinese people always eat Youtiao in the morning.
绝大多数情况下，中国人只在早餐时吃油条。
In Chinese people’s mind, food can be classified by the eating time. Take Youtiao as an example. It is thought as one recipe of breakfast. Normally Youtiao will not appear on the tables of lunch or supper.
在中国人的日常生活里，食物是可以按吃的时间来分类的。比如油条，被认为是属于“早餐”的食谱。通常不会出现在午餐或晚餐的餐桌上。
In China, never eat Youtiao soaking with any sweet honey, cream or chocolate sauce.
在中国绝不会吃到沾任何甜腻、奶油、巧克力酱的油条！
Chinese people love to eat Youtiao. Generally, they eat Youtiao together with soy milk, kinds of porridges, noodles, Tofu pudding, even with hot pot and so on. Most of Youtiao and its matched food are salty except sweet soy milk. Some Chinese such as Teochew people like dipping a little bit Chinese soy sauce on the surface of Youtiao before enjoy it.
中国人爱吃油条，一般来说，他们吃油条可以搭配豆浆、稀饭、各种粥、粉面、豆腐脑，甚至麻辣烫、火锅等。除豆浆外，绝大多数油条和其搭配的食物都是咸口。部分中国人，比如潮汕人，也会用油条沾一点点酱油吃。
Almost 80% of Chinese people thought Youtiao and soy milk together as the best breakfast choice.
几乎80%的中国人都认为油条配豆浆最好吃！
“Eating Youtiao without soy milk, your life becomes incompleted then.” that was said by many Chinese people on the Internet. Soy milk is always the best companion for Youtiao in every morning of China.
“没有豆浆辅佐的油条，人生是不完整的。” 网上不少中国人如此表态。在中国的每个早晨，豆浆总是油条的最佳拍档。
In China, the ways of eating Youtiao are varied and ever-changing.
在中国，油条的吃法种类繁多，千变万化。
Due to different flavors in locations of China, there are hundreds of selectable companionable food choices for Youtiao. For example, in the eyes of the people living in Quzhou city, Youtiao’s best match is a put-in-pocket pancake. Rolling up Youtiao with pancake is quite popular in the city of Tianjin; Shanghai people like wrapping Youtiao with a rice ball. Chinese people in Wuhan love to eat Youtiao with pork floss and glutinous rice balls wrapped on the surface. And people in Jing Dezhen, China’s Porcelain Capital city in Jiangxi province, fold Youtiao and then wrap glutinous rice ball inside to eat together.
由于中国各地风味的不同，油条的各种早餐搭配可达数十成百种。比如，在衢州油条的最佳搭配是搁袋饼；在天津流行用煎饼卷着油条吃；上海人喜欢用饭团裹油条；武汉人爱用糯米肉松包油条吃； 在景德镇（中国江西省的瓷都）的人们则将油条对折包麻糍在内一起吃。
Many Chinese like to eat Youtiao after soaking.
很多中国人爱将油条泡着吃。
They tear Youtiao into several pieces and soak them into kinds of soup including beef/sour and spicy rice noodle soup, noodles, and even into a hot pot. All are quite delicious with different flavors.
将长长的油条撕成段，泡入牛肉粉、酸辣粉、汤面等各种汤汤水水的早餐中，甚至泡入豆浆、麻辣烫和火锅中，都十分美味可口。
The real Chinese Youtiao has semi-hollow inside after deep fried.
真正的中国油条油炸后内部是中空状的。
Chinese's latest way is to eat Youtiao with eggs inside.
中国人最新的吃法是，油条夹着鸡蛋吃。
The latest way to make Youtiao-style breakfast on the street side is to cram egg into the inner of Youtiao, fried them and later cut into pieces (or without cutting) to eat.
目前在中国，最新鲜的街头油条做法，在油炸的油条里加入鸡蛋！炸好后，将油条切段吃（也可不切）。
There is a well-know Chinese dish called “Pineapple with Chinese YouTiao and Shrimp”.
在中国还有一道名菜叫 “菠萝油条虾”！
It wraps fresh shrimp meat with Youtiao, mixes and stir-fry with pieces of Pineapple. Give you rich and super delicious taste.酥脆的油条作为外皮，内里填充丰满鲜嫩的虾肉，口感丰富，好吃到飞起！
More to Be Continued...^_^
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在中国，什么是“油条”？
中国油条，即不是中国式的法棍、也不是甜甜圈, 而是中国一种传统早点之一。真正的中国油条的外形长条状，略蓬松，内部中空状，口感松脆有韧劲，深受很多地区的中国人喜爱。
中国油条是用什么做成的？
制作真正的中国油条的材料十分简单：面粉、发酵粉、食盐、水即可。做法十分简单。自己一个人在家也可以很快学会并完成。自制油条时，选择油炸或者烤箱烘培都可以，只是口感略微差异，都十分美味。
中国的油条与国外的油条有什么不同？
在中国很多城市，油条都是常见的早餐种类之一。从外观上看起来与法棍相似，也有很多不同的英文名称，比如油炸的面包棒，中国的甜甜圈等。但事实上，中国油条与甜甜圈、法棍、面包棍有很大的不同。
- 几乎所有中国油条的形状都是长条状。
将2条长条状面团擀平，叠加，用筷子按压下中部，油炸前，微微拉长两头即可。或将两条长条状面团如麻花状扭在一起油炸。
真正的中国油条，为什么是两根一起炸的？因实验证明，只有两根叠加炸成的油条，才能迅速膨胀起来，形成外酥内韧的口感。若是单根油条油炸，由于受热更快更容易酥脆定型，反而膨胀度和口感有限。
- 绝大多数情况下，中国人只在早餐时吃油条。
在中国人的日常生活里，食物是可以按吃的时间来分类的。比如油条，被认为是属于“早餐”的食谱。通常不会出现在午餐或晚餐的餐桌上。
- 在中国绝不会吃到沾任何甜腻、奶油、巧克力酱的油条！
中国人爱吃油条，一般来说，他们吃油条可以搭配豆浆、稀饭、各种粥、粉面、豆腐脑，甚至麻辣烫、火锅等。除豆浆外，绝大多数油条和其搭配的食物都是咸口。部分中国人，比如潮汕人，也会用油条沾一点点酱油吃。
- 几乎80%的中国人都认为油条配豆浆最好吃！
“没有豆浆辅佐的油条，人生是不完整的。” 网上不少中国人如此表态。在中国的每个早晨，豆浆总是油条的最佳拍档。
- 在中国，油条的吃法种类繁多，千变万化。
由于中国各地风味的不同，油条的各种早餐搭配可达数十成百种。比如，在衢州油条的最佳搭配是搁袋饼；在天津流行用煎饼卷着油条吃；上海人喜欢用饭团裹油条；武汉人爱用糯米肉松包油条吃； 在景德镇（中国江西省的瓷都）的人们则将油条对折包麻糍在内一起吃。
- 很多中国人爱将油条泡着吃。
将长长的油条撕成段，泡入牛肉粉、酸辣粉、汤面等各种汤汤水水的早餐中，甚至泡入豆浆、麻辣烫和火锅中，都十分美味可口。
- 真正的中国油条油炸后内部是中空状的。
- 目前在中国，最新鲜的街头油条做法，在油炸的油条里加入鸡蛋！炸好后，将油条切段吃（也可不切）。
- 在中国还有一道名菜叫 “菠萝油条虾”！
酥脆的油条作为外皮，内里填充丰满鲜嫩的虾肉，口感丰富，好吃到飞起！
未完待续……^_^
See u soon... : )
What is “Youtiao” in China?
Youtiao, also known as Deep-fried Chinese Dough Sticks, is a kind of traditional Chinese breakfast. It is not Chinese-style Baguette or Chinese donuts. A real Chinese Youtiao is long-shaped, crispy surface, soft and semi-hollow inside, and loved by the majority of Chinese people in daily life.
What is Chinese Youtiao Made of?
The materials making for a real Chinese Youtiao are quite easy to prepare, including dough, baking powder, salt, and water. Just a few steps and one person can make it. If you don’t like fried food, you are free to bake dough sticks. Only a little bit different on taste, both baked and oil fried Youtiao are delicious in fact.
What difference of Real Youtiao Between in China and Abroad？
Eating Youtiao in the morning is quite normal in many Chinese cities. From appearance it looks like long sticks, thus it has a lot of different English names such as Fried BreadStick, Chinese Oil Stick, Chinese doughnut stick, Chinese Cruller. However, Youtiao actually in China is not a Chinese-style Baguette or a Chinese donut. They are quite different.
- Almost all Chinese Youtiaos are long-shaped.
Roll out and flatten two doughs into long pieces, superimpose them together. Use one of the chopsticks to press the middle part of Dough. Stretch the head and end to make them a little bit longer, or twist two sticks together and then get fried.
Did you know why real Chinese Youtiao was fried by two pieces of dough sticks together? It is proved by experiment that, only when two dough pieces are superimposed and fried together, Youtiao could become expanded enough and give a combination taste of crispy outside and soft inside. Under the same oil temperature and other conditions, one stick would be fried much faster than two pieces, and then only a single crispy taste could be left.
- In most cases, Chinese people always eat Youtiao in the morning.
In Chinese people’s mind, food can be classified by the eating time. Take Youtiao as an example. It is thought as one recipe of breakfast. Normally Youtiao will not appear on the tables of lunch or supper.
- In China, never eat Youtiao soaking with any sweet honey, cream or chocolate sauce.
Chinese people love to eat Youtiao. Generally, they eat Youtiao together with soy milk, kinds of porridges, noodles, Tofu pudding, even with hot pot and so on. Most of Youtiao and its matched food are salty except sweet soy milk. Some Chinese such as Teochew people like dipping a little bit Chinese soy sauce on the surface of Youtiao before enjoy it.
- Almost 80% of Chinese people thought Youtiao and soy milk together as the best breakfast choice.
“Eating Youtiao without soy milk, your life becomes incompleted then.” that was said by many Chinese people on the Internet. Soy milk is always the best companion for Youtiao in every morning of China.
- In China, the ways of eating Youtiao are varied and ever-changing.
Due to different flavors in locations of China, there are hundreds of selectable companionable food choices for Youtiao. For example, in the eyes of the people living in Quzhou city, Youtiao’s best match is a put-in-pocket pancake. Rolling up Youtiao with pancake is quite popular in the city of Tianjin; Shanghai people like wrapping Youtiao with a rice ball. Chinese people in Wuhan love to eat Youtiao with pork floss and glutinous rice balls wrapped on the surface. And people in Jing Dezhen, China’s Porcelain Capital city in Jiangxi province, fold Youtiao and then wrap glutinous rice ball inside to eat together.
- Many Chinese like to eat Youtiao after soaking.
They tear Youtiao into several pieces and soak them into kinds of soup including beef/sour and spicy rice noodle soup, noodles, and even into a hot pot. All are quite delicious with different flavors.
- The real Chinese Youtiao has semi-hollow inside after deep-fried.
- The latest way to make Youtiao-style breakfast on the street side is to cram egg into the inner of Youtiao, fried them and later cut into pieces (or without cutting) to eat.
- There is a well-known Chinese dish called “Pineapple with Chinese YouTiao and Shrimp”.
It wraps fresh shrimp meat with Youtiao, mixes, and stir-fry with pieces of Pineapple. Give you a rich and super delicious taste.
More Stories to Be Continued...
Click to read Top 10 Beautiful & Delicious Chinese Pastries and Cakes...
See u soon... : )
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