salty and fresh Recipe
EvalynLabadie
Door nail meat pie is a traditional Hui snack in old Beijing. It is said to be named after Cixi. There are different versions of the story, which roughly means that the imperial kitchen made a round cake with filling, and the Empress Dowager Cixi liked it very much after eating it. When he asked the cook what his name was, the cook was speechless. He suddenly had an idea and remembered that the shape of this meat pie was quite similar to the door nail on the palace gate, so he replied: Door nail meat pie. In fact, the doornail meat pie has basically nothing to do with the doornails on the palace gate. The method of making door nail meat pie is not much different from ordinary pies, except that the pie is flat, while door nail meat pie is a cylinder similar to a small steamed bun with a height of about 3 centimeters and a diameter of 5 centimeters. Traditionally, beef and green onions are used for filling, but other fillings are worth trying, but that is not the most authentic doornail patty!
