鸡香饼

Kampar Chicken Biscuit Crisps (Kai Chai Paeng

Recipe adapted from Flavours by Debbie Teoh)

Ingredients A

30 g Fermented Red Bean Curd (nam yue)

1 Large Egg

50 ml

Milk 60 ml

Cooking Oil 1 tsp

Sesame Oil ½ tsp

Sea Salt 30 g

Confectioners’ Sugar 30 g

Maltose 100 g

Candied Melon (tung kwa), chopped 80 g

Sesame Seeds Ingredients B

300 g All-Purpose Flour, sifted

½ tsp Ground Cinnamon

2 tsp Five-Spice Powder

½ tsp Ground White Pepper

1 tsp Baking Powder

¼ tsp Ammonia Powder

Method

1.       Place ingredients A into a large mixing bowl and stir to mix until salt dissolves. Add the candied melon and sesame seeds.

2.       Sift together the remaining ingredients B and add to the bowl; mix to form a dough. Rest the dough, covered with cling film, for 30 minutes.

3.       Preheat the oven to 170˚C and grease baking trays. Divide the dough into 15 g balls. Place the dough balls, well-spaced out, between two plastic sheets. Roll out thinly into 7 cm discs with a rolling pin and place onto the trays.

4.       Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until brown and crispy. Do not over bake, or it will taste bitter. Cool completely before storing in airtight containers.

Note: I never thot I will make my own 鸡香饼 at all and like the others say why call 鸡香饼 when there is no chicken element in the biscuit at all. Silly me still thot there should have something to do with the chicken. Neh... NO CHICKEN... the more important ingredient here is the "Nan Ru" - fermented beancurd and it is better to use those marinated in the "Ang Chao". One must get ready that when starting to make this biscuit, the smell of the NAN RU is very strong. It was so strong that at a point I thought I could have use the NAN RU wrongly, I mean wrong brand of NAN RU but there was no turning back at that point cos I have half ready product there waiting for me to bake them in the oven. So I prayed hard that it will turn out nice. Luckily it wasnt too bad, at least my colleague's wife comment that it was nice and the biscuit has alot of "Liao" and she enjoyed it very much. hahaha.. thanks Mrs OW. As for myself, I didnt really take alot cos I seem to lose my taste bud after making it.

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