Chaozhou Oil Fritters (You Guo)

Name: Chaozhou Oil Fritters (You Guo)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 240g Sweet potato (cut into 2cm thick pieces, steam over water for 20 minutes, mash into puree); 120g Glutinous rice flour; 3 tbsp Sugar (for dough); 2 tbsp Lard or vegetable oil (for dough); 1/4 cup Water (for dough); 4 tbsp Crushed peanuts (for filling); 4 tbsp Toasted sesame seeds (for filling); 4 tbsp Brown sugar (for filling)

Steam sweet potatoes until tender, mash into a purée, and knead with glutinous rice flour to form a dough. Enclose a peanut and sesame sugar filling, shape into triangles, and deep-fry until golden.

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Ingredients

Sweet potato (cut into 2cm thick pieces, steam over water for 20 minutes, mash into puree) 240g

Glutinous rice flour 120g

Sugar (for dough) 3 tbsp

Lard or vegetable oil (for dough) 2 tbsp

Water (for dough) 1/4 cup

Crushed peanuts (for filling) 4 tbsp

Toasted sesame seeds (for filling) 4 tbsp

Brown sugar (for filling) 4 tbsp

Instructions

Prepare the sweet potatoes

Cut sweet potatoes into 2cm thick pieces, steam over water for 20 minutes, then mash into puree while still hot.

Make the dough and filling

Combine the dough ingredients (sweet potato puree, glutinous rice flour, sugar, oil, water) and knead into a smooth dough; mix the filling ingredients (crushed peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, brown sugar) together.