Ox-tongue pastry (
Chinese: 牛脷酥;
pinyin: niúlìsū;
Jyutping: ngau4lei6sou1) or horse-ear pastry (
Chinese: 马耳;
pinyin: mǎěr), also referred to as Chinese doughnut, is a Chinese pastry that is popular in south China in the provinces of
Guangdong and
Fujian. It is a
fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an
oxtongue or a
horseear. The pastry texture is chewy, with a soft interior and a crunchy crust. Ox-tongue pastry is lightly sweetened, and eaten as part of breakfast with
soy milk. The pastry is made in a similar way as
Youtiao, with sugar typically added to the flour.[1]
Ox-tongue pastry (
Chinese: 牛脷酥;
pinyin: niúlìsū;
Jyutping: ngau4lei6sou1) or horse-ear pastry (
Chinese: 马耳;
pinyin: mǎěr), also referred to as Chinese doughnut, is a Chinese pastry that is popular in south China in the provinces of
Guangdong and
Fujian. It is a
fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an
oxtongue or a
horseear. The pastry texture is chewy, with a soft interior and a crunchy crust. Ox-tongue pastry is lightly sweetened, and eaten as part of breakfast with
soy milk. The pastry is made in a similar way as
Youtiao, with sugar typically added to the flour.[1]