Oyster cake is also called "oyster cake", "oyster cake", golden color, shell crisp filling, in southern Fujian has been circulated for hundreds of years, is the traditional snack of Fuzhou, in the streets and alleys of Fuzhou have oyster cake this kind of dim sum, Fuzhou oyster cake filling for sea oysters, lean pork, celery, characterized by several peanuts embedded in the surface of the oyster cake.
It is said that in the early Qing Dynasty, there was a young man who inherited his father's business and set up stalls in the downtown area to sell breakfast, although he was industrious, but his business was light and he could only make a living. Later, he realized the mystery from his dream, so he used rice beans as raw materials to grind into a pulp, and fried the oyster cake like a bright moon in oil. Oyster cakes are golden when ripe, like the golden sun, which is the origin of oyster cake making from the moon to the sun. At the opening of the market, customers tasted it and clapped their hands. So business flourished and prosperity. Later generations rushed to imitate it, and it has been passed down to this day.
In the 1960s, a cake sold for 1 cent, and in the 1980s it rose to 5 cents, when a small stall with fried oyster cakes could feed a family. The more common oyster cakes in the streets and alleys are "civilian oyster cakes", the filling is relatively simple, some do not have oysters, but use small shrimp rice instead, but I think that without sea oysters, oyster cakes have no soul of the original taste.
On the street, I saw the master scooping a spoon, pressing seven or eight sea oysters with his hand, frying in hot oil until it was crispy, and draining the oil out of the pot to eat. Every day, the oyster cake is just out of the pan, and it is not long before it is robbed, and some customers buy several at a time. Three or two bites can swallow, the aftertaste is rich and sweet, not dry and not wet, not sticky and not hard, eat one and want to eat the second.
How is oyster cake made? Here is a brief introduction, the rice and soybeans are soaked in water for 2 hours, washed and drained, mixed with a small amount of water, ground into a thick pulp, placed in a small basin, salted, stirred with a wooden stick.
Wash the lean pork, cut into chunks, grind, add shallots and soy sauce and mix into fillings and divide into portions. Sea oyster meat, lean pork, and celery are stuffed, and I don't like the taste of celery so I replace it with carrots.
Before making the oyster cake, put peanut oil in the pot, heat the spoon in the oil pan until it is 60% hot, then put a spoon into the spoon and scoop in a tablespoon of rice milk, spread the stirred carrots, minced pork and a few oysters, and finally pour a layer of paste, cover it tightly, put it in the frying pan and fry until both sides are golden, and then fish it up.
The fried oyster cake is eaten after sucking the oil on the kitchen towel of Weijieya, and the surface layer has the crisp and stiffness unique to fried food, the cabbage has just been broken, the shredded cabbage with the filling is crisp and raw, the sea oysters are soft and tender, and the cured meat is salty and hot. If conditions permit, you can also dip a little garlic sauce vinegar, more refreshing and pleasant, Fuzhou people mostly take oyster cake as a small dish of porridge early.
Why do fried and fried foods now need to be placed on kitchen paper towels to suck up the oil? Because now advocate less oil life, various research institutions after decades of follow-up research, found that if people eat too much oil every day, it will be bad for the body, but the delicious taste of fried food is difficult for many people to resist, so remember to use Weijieya kitchen tissues to suck up excess oil, so that it can be both delicious and healthy.
In Fuzhou, many people will fry oyster cakes every New Year's Festival, because fried food is easier to preserve, and it can be steamed for a while when you want to eat it later, but the taste of oyster cakes is much worse. Nowadays, Fuzhou not only can see "oyster cake stalls" everywhere in the streets and alleys, in many restaurants, you can also see oyster cake this humble dish, we all go to Fuzhou to play, must not miss the local traditional snacks in Fuzhou "oyster cake" Oh, it has a strong Fuzhou flavor.