油條芝麻麻薯 | Youtiao with Sesame Mochi

January 1, 2021

Found this recent trend — Youtiao with Sesame Mochi, getting its fame from Jiangxi Province 江西小吃 to the rest of China. It is easy to make, IF you have Youtiao (I got mine from Asian grocery) or are patient to make ones (video from 小高姐 attached below!) or are innovative enough to substitute with donuts. The combination of sweet, crunchy sesame, peanut mix, on top of hot, soft mochi, wrapped by fresh, crispy Youtiao, is quite amazing and unexpected!!

The combination of Youtiao and sticky rice/purple rice/rice in FanTuan 飯糰 in Southern China has long history. Fantuan tastes amazing warm or cold, especially a delicacy for workers, farmers working in the field for a day. Youtiao with Mochi might have similar idea, but definitely the best when BOTH warm!

QUICK TAKEAWAYS

it is ok if there is some milk on top of steamed mochi, just mix them in with butter all together
quickly stir mochi for 1-2mins after steaming to get the chewy texture of it. In Japan, mochi store uses big hammers to hit their mochi multiple times to give that texture
VERY VERY VERY fulfilling haha! You might want to share one portion with someone or use less mochi!

RECIPE

3-4 portions

40g sesame
10g roasted peanuts
20g sugar
110g glutinous rice flour/mochiko
16.5g corn starch
30g sugar
210g milk
10-15g butter

Step 1: grind 40g sesame, 10g roasted peanuts and 20g sugar

Step 2: mix 110g mochiko flour, 16.5g corn starch, 30g sugar and 210g milk together, mix well

Step 3: brush butter/oil on steaming container, sieve through mochi mix into container; cover with plastic wrap, poke a few wholes.

Step 4: steam mid-high heat for 30-40mins (more or less dependent on the amount of mochi mix) till not mochi sticks on toothpick/fork when sticking through mochi

Step 5: remove from heat, quick stir mochi with 10-15g butter