Kai kou xiao

Kai kou xiao
Type	Pastry
Place of origin	China
Region or state	Beijing
Main ingredients	Flour, peanut oil, eggs, sugar, malt sugar, sesame seeds, baking soda
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Kai kou xiao (开口笑; pinyin: kāi kǒu xiào; literally "open mouth laughing") is a fried sesame egg cake traditional to Beijing cuisine.

Preparation

The traditional culinary method of this dish begins with the preparation of flour, peanut oil, egg, sugar, malt sugar, sesame seeds and baking soda. With the exception of the sesame seeds, everything else is mixed together, and the resulting dough is cut into pieces. The sesame seeds are boiled in water and each small piece of dough is rolled in the sesame seeds. The end result is then fried on a skillet. The chef must lift the frying pan off the stove and put it back on depending on the situation. The resulting opening crack is where the literal name in Chinese comes from, as it resembles a happy smiling mouth.

Beijing cuisine

Bing guo Chao hong guo Chatang Douzhi Fuling jiabing Hot pot Instant-boiled mutton Jing Jiang Rou Si Kai kou xiao Liangfen Luo si zhuan Mi san dao Mi zhi hu lu Nai lao Peking duck Peking pork Qingtang wanzi Ruan zha li ji Soy sauce chicken Spring pancake Suncake Wotou Xi gua lao Xing ren cha Xingren doufu Yin si juan Yun dou juan Zhajiangmian

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