Spicy Gluten Snack (La Tiao / Weilong)
中国の子供を洗脳するジャンクフード！油まみれの「激辛スティック」
Description
The most famous B-grade snack nationwide that Chinese elementary/middle schoolers always buy after school (esp. the absolute king 'Weilong' brand). Sponge-like sticks made of wheat flour (gluten) soaked in massive chili oil, chili, Sichuan pepper, sugar, and cumin. Hands get oily, but the chaotic mix of Ma La stimulation and intense sweetness is abnormally addictive.
Classification: Everyone, Snack, Snack, La Tiao, Weilong, Ultra Spicy, B-grade Gourmet, Ma La, Addictive
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How to use
Ingredients
- Wheat flour
- Soybean oil
- Chili
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cumin
- Sichuan pepper
- Amino acids
- Flavoring
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [After-school Snacking]: Open the bag and pinch the oil-sticky sticks directly with fingers (eating with sweet Wangzai Milk is the ultimate combo).
- Hugely popular among adults as a junk-food snack for beer or highballs.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Intense sweetness of oil and sugar followed instantly by tingling chili/Sichuan pepper stimulation. 'Squishy' texture
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Hard to substitute. Soak JP Dagashi 'Kabayaki-san Taro' in chili oil, Sichuan pepper, and sugar)
Pairing
Wangzai Milk (Ultra-sweet milk) / Cola / Beer
Trivia
Once a social issue for being made in unsanitary micro-factories, the 'Weilong' brand succeeded massively by highlighting Apple-like sleek white packaging and clean factories, becoming a symbol of Chinese pop culture exported overseas.
Eating tips & etiquette
The representative junk food parents scold kids 'not to eat because it's unhealthy', but due to its devilish deliciousness, no one from China's millennial generation onwards hasn't eaten La Tiao.
Allergen
Wheat, Soybeans