Shuangbaotai

Shuangbaotai

Fried shuangbaotai with sesame seeds
Alternative names	Horse hooves
Type	Doughnut
Place of origin	Taiwan
Main ingredients	Dough
Cookbook: Shuangbaotai  Media: Shuangbaotai

Shuangbaotai (simplified Chinese: 双包胎; traditional Chinese: 雙包胎; pinyin: shuāngbāotāi) or horse hooves is a sweet Taiwanese fried dough food with chewy 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.

Names

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

In Taiwan, shuangbaotai are a type of 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

Comparisons

It is similar in taste and texture to a New Orleans-style beignet from the United States.

See also

• List of doughnut varieties
• List of fried dough varieties
• Ox-tongue pastry
• Youtiao
• Food portal

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shuangbaotai.

• YTower — A famous maker of shuangbaotai (Chinese)
• Shuangbaotai at Chiayi Tourism Bureau website — includes photos of shuangabotai (Chinese)

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