Stir Fried Mantou (炒馒头）

INTRODUCTION

I believed not many members will appreciate this dish but what I am sharing is a rather traditional snack, not in this region but in China and Taiwan. It was classified as a cuisine in Chinese Henan province or 豫菜系

It is definitely not my creation and a Google of this recipe name will yield lots of recipes. Even English website have such recipes being captured.

I have prepared these for at 4least times and all the family members like this snack very much.. It is aromatic, additive and easily tailored to one’s taste buds.

If you have never eaten this before and cannot imagine the taste… Try to think that it is a Chinese style French Toast. In fact, the way of preparation is very similar except Chinese ingredients were used.. French toast is sweet flavoured by butter but this is savoury flavoured by spring onion or vegetable. Texture is the same except it was cut in cubes. Similarly, if you do not have mantou or Chinese steamed bread, normal stale bread can be used too..

Every time I posted this in Facebook Group, there are many members who are curious about this recipe and therefore I have decided to blog this for records since I have a lot of mantou at home from my “experiment” of modifying my recipes.

WHAT IS REQUIRED

Servings: 3-4 adult servings

4-5 stale mantou or bread
2 sprigs of spring onion
2-3 eggs
1-2 tablespoons of cooking oil

Seasonings

Dashes of white pepper
Pinches of salt
1 tablespoon of light soya sauce or fish sauce
Sugar to taste

STEPS OF PREPARATION

Chop the onion and cut the mantou or bread in small cubes of about 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. Set aside.

Crack 2-3 eggs, beat well and add the cut mantou. Coat the mantou fully with eggs.

In a stir frying pan, put some cooking oil, sauté the white part of spring onion until fragrant. Add the egg coated mantou, use medium heat to pan fry the mantou until the eggs are set and turn golden brown. Add dashes of white pepper, chopped spring onion, pinches of salt, sugar to taste and the fish sauce or light soya sauce. Stir fry until well combined. Served hot as a snack.

Note:

Capsicum , carrot cubes can be added to enhance flavour. Other spices such as fennel powder can be used too. If preferred, minced meat can be added.

CONCLUSION

Preparation is easy, ingredients are simple but taste is great.. Don’t doubt, do give it a try and let me know if it suits your taste buds. Remember that you can always used stale bread for the snack..

Hope you like the post today. Cheers and have a nice day.

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