Description
A breakfast staple where chewy hot-water dough encloses a massive filling of chives, glass noodles, dried shrimp, and scrambled eggs, shaped like a half-moon and pan-fried crispy in generous oil.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Garlic chives
- Glass noodles
- Dried shrimp
- Egg
- All-purpose flour
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Dough (Tangmian)] Gradually add boiling hot water to all-purpose flour, stirring with chopsticks (makes dough chewy and tear-resistant). Finally add a little cold water, knead smooth, and rest for
- mins.
- [Filling] Chop fresh chives. Rehydrate glass noodles in hot water and cut to 1cm. Scramble eggs in a pan and chop finely. Rehydrate dried shrimp, chop, and sauté fragrantly in sesame oil.
- Put all ingredients in a bowl, season with salt, white pepper, and sesame oil, mixing quickly so chives don't release moisture.
- Roll dough into a thin circle, heap the filling, fold in half, and tightly seal the edges by twisting with fingers (creating a beautiful rope-like pleat) like a dumpling.
- Heat plenty of oil in a pan, and shallow-fry until both sides are golden, crispy, and pie-like.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sesame oil and dried shrimp aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Frozen puff pastry, Store-bought chive dumpling filling
Pairing
Warm Soy Milk(Tian Doujiang)
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'He' means small box. Despite lacking meat, the dried shrimp umami and oil-soaked glass noodles provide a violently satisfying volume. A supreme gourmet for brave souls who don't care about morning chive breath.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Bite into it piping hot, and inject a little Taiwanese sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang) into the overflowing chive and sesame oil aroma in your mouth for a flavor change!
Allergen
Wheat, Shrimp, Egg, Soy, Sesame