What is oil tea? Where is oil tea a specialty?

Oil tea has a sweet taste and can be used as breakfast or lunch snack. It is very popular among the people. It is mainly made by frying flour, then adding butter or five kernels and other ingredients, and boiling it into a paste, which is eaten as breakfast. It is soft, salty and fragrant, with a long aftertaste. It is a rare and delicious specialty. Do you know where people love to drink oil tea the most?

Contents of this article

1. What is oil tea?

2. Where is oil tea a specialty?

3. How to make oil tea noodles

What is oil tea?

Oil tea is a kind of fried noodle food, also known as oil tea noodles. It is a traditional folk food. The main ingredients are peanuts, flour, sesame, etc. After the oil tea is fried, it is generally put into a dry can or plastic wrap, and then stored in a cool place. Oil tea is hot in nature, so people with heat syndrome should try to avoid eating it.

1. Fried noodles

Youcha is a kind of fried noodle food, also known as oil tea noodles. It is a traditional food among the people of Shaanxi. The main ingredients are flour, sesame, peanuts, etc. After the flour is fried, various ingredients are added and then it is boiled into a paste and then it can be eaten. Later, it was gradually eaten as breakfast in the northwest region.

2. Saving method

After the oil tea is fried, it needs to be placed in a dry jar or plastic wrap to avoid sunlight to prevent the temperature from rising and spoiling. Placing it in a ventilated and cool place can preserve it for a long time. When eating, just pour it directly into boiling water.

3. Consumers

Oil tea is hot in nature, and frequent consumption may cause symptoms such as dry mouth and constipation. Therefore, people with heat syndrome should avoid eating it. People with weak spleen and stomach may find consuming oil tea helpful in relieving adverse physical symptoms, but they should also avoid long-term consumption.

Where is the specialty of oil tea

Oil tea is a specialty of the Northwest region. It tastes sweet and can be used as breakfast or lunch snack. It is very popular among the people. It is mainly made by frying flour, then adding butter or five kernels and other ingredients, and boiling it into a paste, which is eaten as breakfast. It is soft, salty and fragrant, with a long aftertaste. It is a rare and delicious specialty of the Northwest.

When eating, you can directly rinse the oil tea noodles with boiling water and stir them into a paste, or you can dilute the oil tea noodles with an appropriate amount of cold water, then put it into a pot of boiling water and stir evenly.

The ingredients of oil tea vary from place to place. For example, Beijing oil tea mainly includes flour, butter, crushed peanuts, black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds, and walnut kernels and melon seeds.

Sichuan oil tea contains Sanzi, rice, shallots, pepper powder, peanuts, mustard tuber, chili oil, peanut oil, and sesame oil. Henan oil tea contains wheat flour, walnuts, sesame seeds, peanut kernels, olive oil, salt, five-spice powder, and gluten.

How to make oil tea noodles

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1. Fry the melon seeds, walnuts, peanuts, and black sesame seeds in a pan over low heat. Or bake them in an oven or microwave, and set aside to cool. When picking the melon seeds, you must ask your teammates to help. My father and I sat on the sofa and picked for two hours while Ao was sleeping, and we only picked out half a bowl of melon seeds. It was so difficult!

2. Pour the flour into the pot and stir-fry slowly over medium-low heat until the flour turns yellow. It is recommended to put a bowl of unfried flour next to it for comparison. The frying time is very long, so you must be patient and be careful not to burn it! The amount of flour is optional, just larger than the total amount of various nuts. After the flour is fried, you can sieve it, so that there will be no white lumps in the finished product. Don't ask me how I know, I am a negative example!

3. Put the cooled melon seeds, peanuts, walnuts and black sesame seeds into a food processor and grind them. Older babies can also grind them directly with a rolling pin. The larger the particles, the more delicious they taste!

4. Heat oil in a pan, add crushed nuts and stir-fry until fragrant.

5. Then pour in the fried flour and mix together.

6. When eating, add oil tea noodles and then pour in boiling water. For older babies, you can add some sugar and start eating!