Deep Fried “Cakwe” (Chinese Crullers)

Name: How to cook Deep Fried “Cakwe” (Chinese Crullers) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Nia Hiura

Deep Fried “Cakwe” (Chinese Crullers)

In my busy day, sometime I can’t think what should I cook for lunch or dinner. Home chores are never ending. Specially Monday is the busiest day to me. Doing laundry, cleaning house, cooking, and assignments also due on the same day. And now since quarantines time my hubby works from home. That means I have to cook for his lunch, and again later for our dinner. Earlier i made him very easy tofu sandwich for his lunch. Now I am planning to make chicken congee for our dinner. Usually chicken congee will serve with “Cakwe” as a topping. It’s kind of fried bread or fried dough with chewy and savory taste. It’s also called Chinese crullers. So here’s my homemade Cakwe recipe.

Ingredient

11/2 cup

purpose flour

1/2 tsp

salt

1/2 tsp

baking powder

1 tbsp

oil

1 tsp

yeast

1/2 tsp

sugar

250 ml

lukewarm water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a small bowl Mx sugar, yeast, and lukewarm water. Let it sit in about 10-15 minutes.

* Step 2

In a mixing bowl or stand mixer add all dry ingredients and oil. Knead has and a low speed while adding the yeast mixtures little by little until the dough comes together and pulled away from the side of the bowl. Then transfer into greased bowl and cover with a plastic wraps. Let it rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.

* Step 3

Lightly flour the work surface and turn out the dough on to it. Using rolling pin, rolling the dough into flat rectangle about 1/3-inch thick and 2 inches wide. Cut into 10 strips. Pick one strip and place it on top another strip (5 strips) and cut them again in half. So I have 10 pieces of mini cakwe

* Step 4

Using chopsticks and lay on top of these double strips, then press down. Repeat with remaining strips.

* Step 5

Heat oil for deep frying. When the oil heated turned down the heat at low heat. Hold the two ends of the double dough and stretched it to make it little longer.

* Step 6

Drop the dough into hot oil, using chopsticks or tong turn dough on both sides and continue frying until it turn golden brown and expands. Take off from the heat and place it on the paper towels. And repeat the same way for the rest of the dough. Then the cakwe is ready to serve. Enjoy!