Shuangbaotai
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![]() Fried shuangbaotai with sesame seeds | |
Type | Doughnut |
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Place of origin | Fuzhou |
Main ingredients | Dough |
雙胞胎 | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 雙胞胎 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 双胞胎 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | twins | ||||||||||
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Minnan name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬花糋 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马花糋 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | horse hoof cake | ||||||||||
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Shuangbaotai (simplified Chinese: 双胞胎; traditional Chinese: 雙胞胎; pinyin: shuāngbāotāi) is a sweet fried dough food of Hokchew origin commonly found as a Taiwanese street food. It is a chewy fried dough containing large air pockets on the inside and a crisp crust on the outside. It is made by twisting two small pieces of dough together and frying them, causing them to separate slightly while remaining connected.[1]
Names
[edit]The Mandarin Chinese name of this food, shuāngbāotāi (Chinese: 雙胞胎) meaning "twins", is derived from the fact that the dish is two pastries twisted slightly together as if conjoined twins. The Taiwanese Hokkien name is 馬花糋 (bé-hoe-chìⁿ), which roughly means "horse-hoof cake", also in reference to its shape. Another Hokkien name is 雙生仔 (siang-siⁿ-á) meaning twins.
Regional
[edit]In Taiwan, shuangbaotai are a type of snack (xiaochi) typically sold by hawkers at street stalls or in night markets, but not in regular restaurants or bakeries.
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Shuangbaotai sold as xiaochi street food
See also
[edit]- Taiwanese cuisine
- Fuzhou cuisine
- Fujian cuisine
- List of desserts
- List of doughnut varieties
- List of fried dough varieties
Food portal
Other Chinese fried dough dishes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "【記憶裡的古早味】雙胞胎、甜甜圈、麻花捲,中式點心的八里夢工廠 - 文化銀行|BANK OF CULTURE". 文化銀行|BANK OF CULTURE (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
External links
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- YTower — A famous maker of shuangbaotai (in Chinese)
- Shuangbaotai Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine at Chiayi Tourism Bureau website — includes photos of shuangabotai (in Chinese)