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The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

author:Mulberry Girl Food Notes

In the second season of "Longing for Life", Teacher Huang Lei once made a traditional Flavor Snack in Hangzhou - "Onion Bun Juniper". Done in a fried way, the crispy crust tastes delicious if eaten when it is first out of the pan, and even if it is eaten after it is cooled, the crust that is no longer crispy has its own flavor - more flexible and chewy, which is no less of a surprise for those who like this delicacy.

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

As a traditional snack in Hangzhou, almost everyone who has traveled to Hangzhou will try this delicacy; the onion bun juniper is equivalent to Beijing roast duck to Beijing, and has not eaten roast duck in Beijing. Hangzhou's onion bun juniper also means this.

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

However, the difference is that people like to taste Hangzhou's onion bun juniper, which is actually related to an allusion to it. According to legend, after Yue Fei was killed by Qin Juniper on the Wind Wave Pavilion, the people were very angry. But they did not have the ability nor dare to say anything in this society where the traitors were enlightened; at the same time, they could not let go of the evil man of Qin Juniper, so people only dared to borrow metaphors from various objects in their lives to satirize and curse Qin Juniper--onion Juniper was the best representative of it.

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

There was a man named Wang Er, who specialized in selling fritters, and because of his anger at Qin Juniper, he specifically changed the name of his fritters to "fried juniper". Later, one day, when he was frying fritters, he thought about Marshal Yue, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the more angry he became, and finally he fried more and more, and the number exceeded the usual quota.

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

Because the fritters cannot always maintain their temperature and taste, they are not sold again when the fritters are cold. Wang Er, who had a lot of fried juniper left, remembered the matter of Qin Juniper again, and angrily put the cold fried juniper into the frying pan again, and the fried juniper fried juniper was more delicious than before, attracting people to buy, and then, after improvement, gradually formed today's "onion wrapped juniper".

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

Until today, people come to Hangzhou, the first time to look for onion bale juniper, on the one hand for food, on the other hand for this allusion, after all, no matter which dynasty people, for Qin Juniper, such a traitor, naturally want to taste what "fried Qin Juniper" is what it is.

The legendary "fried Qin Juniper", onion wrapped juniper, a traditional flavor snack of Hangzhou

However, the method of making onion bun juniper is not difficult, and you can complete it at home. It is nothing more than wrapping the fried spring cake with fritters, green onions and sweet noodle sauce, and then frying them in a frying pan, and frying both sides of the spring cake to a golden brown. Of course, if you like spicy or other flavors, you can also brush other sauces on the surface of the onion bun juniper. If you taste it this way, it may have a better flavor.

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