At the table
Pick up a piece with chopsticks or the utensil provided. Let the center cool, then take small bites of the sticky dough.
Contains soy from the coating. Freshly fried centers can be hot and the rice dough is sticky. Ask about flour blends, coating and frying oil for dietary restrictions.
This version uses two rice flours, rapeseed oil and soybean-sugar coating. Flour, coating and frying-oil choices can vary; confirm the shop’s version.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
This version uses two rice flours, rapeseed oil and soybean-sugar coating. Flour, coating and frying-oil choices can vary; confirm the shop’s version.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Sweet sugar coating with a toasted soybean aroma.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Crisp exterior and soft, sticky rice dough inside.
- How it’s made
- Glutinous rice flour and plain rice flour are mixed with sugar and water, shaped into short folded pieces and fried in rapeseed oil. They are then rolled in cooked soybean flour and white sugar.
This version uses two rice flours, rapeseed oil and soybean-sugar coating. Flour, coating and frying-oil choices can vary; confirm the shop’s version.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Hunan.
About this regional connection
Hunan: Changsha sweet snack;nooriginyearclaimed.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有糖饺子吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Why these sweets are called dumplings
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
In Changsha, white-sugar dumplings are a fried rice sweet. Their name evokes a dumpling-like shape and the visible sugar coating, rather than a wheat wrapper enclosing a sweet filling.