Yanqing Huoshao

By KaileeNienow

Yanqing Huoshao
I have been keen on the research and practice of roujiamo for the past few days. I tried making duck roujiamo with the flavor of "mutton kebabs". Yesterday, I made my famous smoked sauce pork knuckle and brought it to the company, which made the employees delicious. Looking at the cut elbow flowers, I suddenly remembered the "fire spoon" I had eaten outside the small iron gate of Kangzhuang Railway Station in Yanqing 20 years ago: Standing next to the cake stove, my sister-in-law, who was looking at the fire spoon, skillfully making the fire spoon, while using freshly baked sesame cakes, with freshly baked pig's head meat wrapped in oil paper for my sister-in-law, and standing there, picking one and eating one. The outer skin of the fire spoon is crisp, and the aroma of the roasted noodles is as mellow as the pig's head meat. After eating five fire spoons in one go, there is still a pound of pig's head meat, which cost a total of 6 yuan! I gave my sister-in-law another 8 yuan, packed a small box with 40 fire spoons, and told me not to seal it, so that the cake would come back and it would be bad. The 3-yuan return train was basically empty in the trunk. After two good nights with the fire spoon in her arms, she returned to Beijing. Including round-trip fare, including food and transportation, the round-trip fee is 20 yuan. Along the way, we visited the red leaves and the Great Wall, and we even held a fire spoon to pay homage to Mr. Zhan Tianyou. It was a small luxury in those days.

After returning to the real information society from my dream twenty years ago, I checked the Internet. The information is as follows: Yanqing's fire spoon is unique among cakes. It is semi-fermented, fried first and then baked. What is even more unique is that, there is also a piece of stuffing stained with pepper salt inside. This production method can be said to be "the only one, no other branch." The east is nothing more than the world, and the west is nothing more than Huailai. Outside of Yanqing County, this kind of fire spoon can no longer be seen. After a closer inspection, it was indeed the case. Even "Food World" didn't have such food. Haha, why not make a first trial production?
Preparation: semi-dried noodles, pepper powder, and salt is as simple as that. Zanthoxylum bungeanum was picked together with wild jujube last year. It comes back to dry and carries a small amount of stems and leaves, reminding diners from time to time that it is purely natural.

Recipe Recommendations

  • flour 500 grams
  • yeast powder 2 grams
  • pepper powder 5 grams
  • salt 5 grams
  • oil 25 grams

Steps for Yanqing Huoshao

  • Make  step 0
    1
    After half-leavening the dough, cut into different sizes and equal amounts of dough.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Mix Zanthoxylum bungeanum powder, salt, and oil for later use.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Dip the dough into the oil mixture and enlarge the center of the dough.
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Pack the small flour agent into the large flour agent according to the method of making glutinous rice balls.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Bake it in an electric cake pan.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Tear open the hole, and the inside is hollow.
  • Make  step 6
    7
    You can pick up anything you want to eat. This is a homemade smoked elbow flower.
  • Yanqing Huoshao Make Tips

    1. The noodles should be half-cooked, so that the spoon has the best taste;2. The best way is to brown both sides first, and then bake them in the oven, so that the sesame cakes will bulge and have the best taste. To save trouble, I directly used an electric baking pan, but don't use a cover to cover both sides and fry at the same time. If you flatten the cake, it will affect the hollow effect;3. Don't brush oil again when frying. The white buns will sandwich the meat for the best taste;4. Don't just sandwich the meat, it will be uncreative, but you can sandwich any dish like eating spring cakes

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