Homemade fried dough sticks

Method

1. 01

   Step 1

   Prepare the necessary materials

   

2. 02

   Step 2

   Beat the eggs, add baking powder and mix well.

   

3. 03

   Step 3

   Sift the high-gluten flour into the egg mixture.

   

4. 04

   Step 4

   Add 180 grams of milk and stir well.

   

5. 05

   Step 5

   Knead the dough by hand until smooth, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise for six hours, until it roughly doubles in size.

   

6. 06

   Step 6

   Heat oil in a pan

   

7. 07

   Step 7

   While the oil is heating, spread the dough out into a rectangle and cut it into equal strips.

   

8. 08

   Step 8

   Stack one strip on top of the other (as shown in the picture), then press it down with chopsticks.

   

9. 09

   Step 9

   When the oil is heated to about 70-80% of its maximum temperature, add the ingredients and fry, turning them occasionally with chopsticks.

   

10. 10

    Step 10

    It will expand more and more as you turn it; it will have expanded sufficiently when it turns golden yellow.

    

11. 11

    Step 11

    The finished product is perfectly hollow and tastes good.

    

12. 12

    Step 12

    Put them all back into the oil and fry them again, and you'll have double-fried youtiao (Chinese fried dough sticks), a perfect match for hot pot!