At the table
Break into small bites over a plate; sesame and crumbs fall off. Eat as a sweet snack, with tea if desired. No peeling or dipping is needed.
Contains wheat and sesame. Ask which filling and oil are used; check milk, egg and nuts in other versions. Honey is included in this version.
Other fillings and oils exist. This is the traditional fried honey-sugar version, not a modern baked or sugar-substitute version.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Other fillings and oils exist. This is the traditional fried honey-sugar version, not a modern baked or sugar-substitute version.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Honey sweetness and toasted sesame.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Crumbly outer pastry, soft slightly sticky center.
- How it’s made
- Make cooked-flour dough with brown sugar, maltose syrup, sesame oil, baking soda and water. Enclose cooked-flour, white-sugar and honey filling; fry in sesame oil, cool, dip in white-sugar, maltose and honey syrup, coat with sesame and let soften.
Other fillings and oils exist. This is the traditional fried honey-sugar version, not a modern baked or sugar-substitute version.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Shanxi.
About this regional connection
Shanxi: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有闻喜煮饼吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Wenxi sesame-coated honey pastry
Wenxi pastry makers combine cooked-flour shaping, oil frying, syrup soaking and sesame coating. The name zhubing refers here to oil cooking.