Eating in China
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Youtiao — Fried Dough Sticks

油条Yóutiáo

Fried dough sticks

Fried dough sticks used as a pancake filling.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Long fried dough sticks.

In the kitchen

One crisp filling option for Tianjin jianbing guozi.

Distinct from the thin fried-cracker filling.

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