Youtiao
Youtiao (traditional Chinese: 油條; simplified Chinese: 油条; pinyin: Yóutiáo), known in Southern China as Yu Char Kway, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of wheat flour dough of Chinese origin and (by a variety of other names) also popular in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines.
Pieces of youtiao | |
| Alternative names | Chinese cruller |
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| Type | Donut |
| Course | Breakfast |
| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | Guangdong |
| Associated cuisine | China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Myanmar, Thailand and Taiwan |
| Serving temperature | Fried |
| Main ingredients | Dough |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 油條 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 油条 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | oil strip | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yu Char Kway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 油炸粿/餜/鬼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 油炸粿/馃/鬼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | oil-fried pastry (or devil) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guozi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 餜子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 馃子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | pastry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Burmese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burmese | အီကြာကွေး Ee Kyar Kway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | dầu cháo quẩy / giò cháo quẩy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thai name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thai | ปาท่องโก๋ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RTGS | pathongko | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Malay | cakoi چاکوي | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | cakwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tagalog | bítso-bítso/bicho-bicho/shakoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lao | ເຂົ້າຫນົມຄູ່ / ຂະໜົມຄູ່ /ຈັບກ້ວຍ Khao nom khu / kha nom khu / chab kuay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khmer name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khmer | ឆាខ្វៃ / យ៉ាវឆាខ្វៃ Chha Khwai / Yav Chha Khwai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and tearable. Youtiao are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee, soy milk or cow's milk blended with sugar. Youtiao may also be known as a Chinese cruller, Chinese oil stick, Chinese donut [sticks], and fried breadstick, among others.
In other Asian countries, they may also be called bicho, you char kway, cakwe, cakoi, kueh, kuay, shakoy or pathongko, among others.
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