Chinese Bread/中式麵包

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Basic Dough:

Bread flour 300 g

All purpose flour 100 g

Sugar 50 g

Salt 2 g

Egg 1

Milk 100 g

Instant yeast 6 g

Warm water 100 g

Unsalted butter 30 g

Add everything except water and butter to a stand mixer, and turn the mixer on to speed 2 for a minute, add the water gradually when the machine is on.

Turn the speed to 4 after a minute, when everything comes together ( after about 3-4 minutes), add the soften butter.

Let the mixer working on speed 4 for about 15-20 minutes.

Get the hook off the bowl, cover the bowl with a piece of plastic wrap and leave it for about one hour or until it is twice in size.

Get the dough out of oven, knead it a little bit to get the air out. Cut the dough into even 10 -12 pieces.

基礎面團:

麵包粉 300 克

普通麵粉 100 克

糖 50 克

鹽 2 克

雞蛋 1個

牛奶 100 克

快速發酵酵母 6 克

溫水 100 克

無鹽黃油 30 克

將水和黃油以外的所有東西加到立式攪拌機中,並將攪拌機打開以 2檔 的速度攪拌,機器打開后逐漸加水。

當所有材料都混在一起時(大約3-4分鐘后),加入軟化的黃油。

以速度 4 繼續攪拌15-20 分鐘。

把鈎子從攪拌機上拿開,用一塊塑料薄膜蓋住碗發酵一個小時,或者直到它變成兩倍大。

把麵糰從烤箱裡拿出來放桌子上揉一下把空氣揉出來。將麵團切成10-12份。

Hot Dog Bun/熱狗麵包

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Take one piece of the dough and knead it with a rolling pin to a little shorter than the length of hot dog, wrap the hot dog with the dough and roll over. I happen to have some extra cheese at hand so I added the cheese too. Keep them in the oven with the light on and with a big bowl of hot water underneath the bowl of dough for another 45 minutes. Bake in preheat oven of 355F for about 20 to 23 minutes.

拿一塊麵糰,用擀麵杖擀一下,擀成比熱狗的長度短一點,用麵糰包住熱狗,然後包起來。我碰巧有一些額外的乳酪,所以我加了些乳酪包進去。

整好型后,繼續放烤箱裏然後在底下放一大盆的熱水發酵約45分鐘。 放預熱好355華氏度的烤箱烤大概20-23分鐘。

Red Bean Bun/紅豆包

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This one is a little extra work, but it is easy too.

Take a piece of dough and roll it into round sharp, add about 25 g of store bought red bean paste then wrap it up to a ball.

Put the ball on the counter and use your palm to press it down a little, then use a rolling pin to roll it into a oval sharp, get a sharp knife cut one side of the dough to thin strips ( don’t cut them through)

Flip the dough over and fold it twice to a roll as the pictures shown below. Get the two ends and stick them together.

Keep them in the oven with the light on and with a big bowl of hot water underneath the bowl of dough for another 45 minutes. Bake in preheat oven of 355F for about 20 to 23 minutes.

這個可能多一些工序,但它也很容易。

拿一塊麵團用擀麵杖擀成圓形,加入約25克店裏買的紅豆餡,然後把它包成一個球。

把球放在臺上,用手掌輕輕按一下,然後擀成橢圓形,用一把鋒利的刀在麵團的一面切細條(不要切斷)

麵團翻轉到另一面,並將其摺疊兩次成卷,如下圖所示。抓住兩端,把它們粘在一起。

整好型后,繼續放烤箱裏然後在底下放一大盆的熱水發酵約45分鐘。 放預熱好355華氏度的烤箱烤大概20-23分鐘。

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I also make some other flavors. They are all relatively easier.

還有其他的一些口味

Dried Pork Floss/肉鬆包

After the bread is out of oven and totally cool down, spread some mayonnaise on top of the bread and roll it over some dried pork floss.

加一些蛋黃醬在麵包上面,在肉鬆上粘一下。

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Mix Nuts/雜果包

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Bacon Cheese And Scallion/培根芝士香葱包

Cut some bacon into small pieces, add it alone with cheese, scallion and ketchup on top of the bread.

Keep them in the oven with the light on and with a big bowl of hot water underneath the bowl of dough for another 45 minutes. Bake in preheat oven of 355F for about 20 to 23 minutes.

培根切碎, 加培根,芝士和香葱在麵包上面再加一點番茄醬。

整好型后,繼續放烤箱裏然後在底下放一大盆的熱水發酵約45分鐘。 放預熱好355華氏度的烤箱烤大概20-23分鐘。

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Cake Roll/蛋糕卷

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I made this cake roll again, and because it is so beautiful I want to post the picture here. Below are the links for recipe.

https://caiqinchen.com/2017/11/02/3948/

https://caiqinchen.com/2015/06/14/rolled-grapefruit-cake%e8%9b%8b%e7%b3%95%e5%8d%b7/

最近做了這個蛋捲很好吃還很漂亮所以想貼出來。下面是做法:

https://caiqinchen.com/2017/11/02/3948/https://caiqinchen.com/2015/06/14/rolled-grapefruit-cake%e8%9b%8b%e7%b3%95%e5%8d%b7/

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Pearl Bubble Milk Tea/珍珠奶茶

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I wanted to make this pearl bubbles for such a long time, but I always thought it was too hard for me. It turns out if you have a good recipe, it is not that hard after all! Before this I had tried twice with someone else’s recipe, they both failed so I was afraid of trying until I saw this recipe.

Tapioca starch : water : dark brown sugar =2:1:0.5

With this ratio, you will never fail, it is so easy and you don’t even need scale.

Add brown sugar and water to a sauce pan and bring it to boil (make sure it is a big boil)

Add the sugar water to the starch and mix right away with a spoon, after water is absorb by the starch, use your hand to knead it( be careful it is HOT and Sticky) after you knead it for a little bit, it will come together. If it is too sticky, add a little more tapioca starch but not too much. Continue to knead it for 2 minutes.

Roll it into a long strip and cut it into a few even pieces, roll each one of them into longer, smaller strips, then cut them into small balls. Some people will stop here which is fine, but if you have the patient, roll each single one of them into round balls. (I know it is a lot of work)

Use a big cooking pan and bring 10 times as much water to boil, then add the pearl bubble to the boiling water, constantly stir so they won’t stick to the pan. when they all flow to the top of the water, turn the heat to medium low and cover the pan. Continue to  cook for 15-20 minutes. Turn the heat off with the cover on for 20-30 minutes( depends on the amount you make)

Get all the bubbles out of the hot water and pour them to a bowl of iced cold water. Rinse after 10 minutes.

In another cooking pan, add 1/3 cup water and 3tbsps dark brown sugar(I made about 1/2 cup of tapioca starch with 1/4 cup water’s bubbles, you have to adjust this syrup according to the amount of bubbles you make) and bring them to boil with medium low heat and constantly stir until it is thick and syrup like, add the pearl bubbles to the syrup and continue to stir for a minute.

Spoon some pearl bubbles to a glass, turn the glass so the syrup will stick on the inside of the glass. Add some milk or milk tea to the glass. There you have it!!!

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木薯粉 : 水 : 黑糖 = 2:1:0.5

有了這個比例你永遠都不會失敗,它很容易做,你甚至不需要秤。

將紅糖和水加入鍋裏煮沸(確保糖水是大開)

加糖水到木薯粉中用勺子攪拌,水被粉吸收后馬上用手揉(小心它很燙還很黏),你揉一下下他就團在一起了。如果太粘多加入一點木薯澱粉,但不要太多。繼續揉2分鐘。

把它捲成一條長條,切成幾塊等份,把每份都揉成更長、更細的條。然後切成小粒。有些人會在這裡就停下來就好了。 但如果你有耐心 把每顆都給他滾成圓球吧。(我知道這很費時間)

用一口大鍋裝10倍的水煮開,然後把珍珠加到沸水中並不斷攪拌,這樣它們就不會粘在鍋里。當它們全部都浮到水面時,將火調低至中低並蓋住鍋子。繼續煮15-20分鐘。 然後熄火蓋著 20-30 分鐘(取決於您做的珍珠的量)

把所有的珍珠從熱水中舀出來,倒入一碗冰冰的冷水中。10分鐘後撈出。

在另一個鍋中,加入1/3杯水和3湯匙黑糖(我用1/4杯水加約1/2杯木薯澱粉做珍珠,你必須根據你作的珍珠的量調整這個糖漿),然後用中低火煮沸,並不斷攪拌,直到它變厚變稠像糖漿一樣,將珍珠加入糖漿裏繼續攪拌一分鐘。

放一些珍珠在一個玻璃杯中,轉動玻璃杯,使糖漿粘在玻璃杯內部。在玻璃杯中加入一些牛奶或奶茶。開喝!!

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Dalgona Coffee/四百次咖啡

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This dalgona coffee is so popular right now, it tastes really creamy and smooth so you will think it must be really hard to make. Today let me tell you how to make it in less than 5 minutes.

Milk 1 cup

Ice cubes a few pieces

Instant coffee powder 2 tbsps

Sugar 2 tbsps

Hot water 2 tbsps

So the coffee powder : Sugar : hot water = 1:1:1

Add milk and ice cubes to a glass

Add coffee powder, water and sugar in a mixing bowl, whip it with a electronic mixer for about 2 minutes until it turns into light brown, fluffy stiff form. Spoon dollops of the form to your milk. Here you go… you got your delicious dalgona coffee!!!

牛奶 1 杯

冰塊幾塊

即溶咖啡粉 2 湯匙

糖 2 湯匙

熱水 2 湯匙

咖啡粉 : 糖 : 熱水 = 1:1:1

將牛奶和冰塊加到玻璃杯中

在攪拌碗中加入咖啡粉、水和糖,用電子攪拌器攪拌約2分鐘,直到它變成淺棕色、蓬鬆的形態。用勺子舀到牛奶的上面。給你。。。美味的四百次咖啡!!!

Fried Salty Dough/油條

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This is one of the most common Chinese breakfasts in China, literally every Chinese have tried it and almost every one loves it. It usually pairs with soy milk.

I had tried to make it a few times before, but never once it came out as good as I remembered, but today I made a really good one, so I would like to share it with you.

All purpose flour 500 g

Egg 1

Salt 8 g

Baking soda 4 g

Baking powder 4 g

Vegetable oil 15 g

Water 275 g

Mix everything together in a big bowl, and mix well, it will be very sticky at first, but keep mixing them for about 2 minutes until smooth, brush some oil on the top and seal the bowl with plastic wrap.

Keep it in the refrigerator over night.

Take it out the refrigerator the next morning and leave it in the room temperature for  30 minutes.

Take the dough out of the bowl and knead it with a rolling pin into a long rectangle, cut the rectangle into some strips, get one strip on top of the other, get a chopstick and press down in the middle.

Heat up some oil in a frying pan, pick up one pair of strips and stretch it a little so it will be a little longer and use some strength on the fingers used to pick up the strips so the ends will stick together.

Deep fried the dough in the oil and make sure you use something ( we use chopsticks) to turn the dough, it will turn into golden brown real quick. When it is golden brown on every side, it is ready.

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油條是中國最常見的中式早餐之一,實際上每個中國人都吃過, 而且幾乎每個人都喜歡它。它通常與豆漿配對。

我之前曾試圖做過幾次,但從來沒有出來這麼好過, 但今天我試了一個非常好的食譜,所以我想與大家分享。

普通麵粉 500 克

雞蛋 1

鹽 8 克

蘇打粉 4 克

泡打粉 4 克

植物油 15 克

水 275 克

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將所有東西倒在一個大碗中混合好,一開始會非常粘,但繼續攪拌2-3分鐘,直到光滑,刷一些油在頂部,用塑料紙包好。

把它放在冰箱裡一個晚上。

第二天早上把它拿出來,放在室溫下30分鐘。

把麵團從碗里拿出來,用擀麵杖擀成一個長方形,把長方形切成一條條,拿起一條放在另一條上面然後拿一根筷子在中間按一下讓他們粘在一起。

在鍋中加熱一些油,拿起一對粘在一起的面條,稍微扯一下讓它伸展一點,拿面的手指稍微用點力這樣兩端就會粘在一起。

在油中炸油條,拿筷子不停伴動油條,它會很快變成金黃色。當它每一面都變金黃色的時候它就好了。