Fried vegetable box recipe

Vegetable boxes are a common breakfast food for us. Fried vegetable boxes are quick to make and you don’t need to wait for a long time. Moreover, you can eat them directly from the bag, which is convenient and saves trouble. The fried vegetable boxes are quite large, and they contain a lot of vegetarian and meat fillings. Girls can usually eat just one, while boys with larger appetites will eat more. Fried vegetable boxes are so convenient, so how are they made?

Kneading dough (leavening dough)

1. Put an appropriate amount of flour in a dough bowl, add half a bowl of cold water, hold the bowl of water in your left hand and chopsticks in your right hand. Pour some water and stir with chopsticks; pour again and stir again until all the flour is stirred into flocs as shown in the picture.

2. Knead the flour into dough and mix it with the old dough.

3. Cover with gauze and let it rise. In winter, put it in a sunny place or a warm place. It will take about half a day for the sugar to rise. That is, the dough kneaded in the morning will be almost ready at noon. In summer, the fermentation process of the dough usually takes 2 to 3 hours.

2. Knead the flour into dough and mix it with the old dough.

3. Cover with gauze and let the sugar rise. In winter, put it in a place where the sun can reach it, or a warm place. The sugar will rise for about half a day. That is, the dough kneaded in the morning will be almost ready by noon. In summer, the fermentation process of the dough generally takes 2 to 3 hours.

Wrap and fry vegetable boxes

1. Take a larger flat plate and pour a little cooking oil into it to prevent it from sticking. Pull a ball of dough and spread it on the bottom of the plate into a pancake shape, the thinner the better

2. Scoop 3 or 4 spoonfuls of filling and place them in the center of the dough. Then flatten it with a spoon and spread it evenly, leaving only a narrow edge around the pancake. Put as much filling as you can.

3. Hold the edge of the dough with your hands and slowly gather it together, twisting it like making dumplings, and finally pinch off the excess dough.

4. Then turn the vegetable box over, flatten it slightly, and make the edges smooth.

5. Pour a little more oil into the pan (I don't have much oil, so it's half fried and half deep fried). When the oil is hot, put the vegetable boxes into the pan and fry them over low heat.

6. Quickly use a spatula to flatten the vegetable box again, so that the dough can be thinner. Only when it is thin, the vegetarian filling inside will be easier to cook, and the taste of the vegetable box will be particularly crispy.

7. Because it is a vegetarian filling, you don’t have to worry about it not being cooked well. Just turn it over and fry until both sides are golden brown.

Cooking Tips

1. There are three main differences between Shaanxi's vegetable boxes and ordinary vegetable boxes:

First, we used "leavened dough". My good friends, you can just use yeast to make the dough. What I used was "old yeast". I bought it from a store selling steamed buns. I told them directly how much it cost. I bought one dollar, which was enough.

Second, the dough must be kneaded into a thin and soft shape, the kind that cannot be shaped into a lump when you pull it out of the basin.

Third, ordinary leek dumplings are fried or baked, while Shaanxi leek dumplings are deep-fried. The difference lies in the amount of oil used.

Frying: less oil.

Frying: Basically no oil is needed, but the pan should be thick.

Frying: Use a wide layer of oil, don’t be reluctant to pour the oil like Ren.

2. When mixing the stuffing, add oil first and then salt. This will retain the moisture in the leeks. Of course, the vermicelli can also absorb some moisture.

3. The fried vegetable boxes just out of the pan are the most delicious. The skin is crispy, and the leeks, eggs, vermicelli and tofu are all tender and fragrant. They are so delicious when accompanied by hot breath!

4. If the vegetable dumplings are left for too long, the dough will become neither soft nor crispy, and the flavor will be lost. Therefore, they must be fried immediately before eating, and one should be eaten as soon as they are fried.

5. The vegetable boxes sold outside have a particularly crispy texture. I wonder if baking powder is added to them? I made this myself without adding anything else except old yeast, and it still has the same thin and crispy texture!