Fried New Year Rice Cake 煎年糕
This Fried New Year Rice Cake recipe requires the use of a pre-made rice cake. If you need an easy recipe for that, check out mine here. Serving and eating rice cake during Chinese New Year is an important tradition because the Chinese homonym for cake 糕(gāo) sounds like 高, means up, high or tall. During Chinese New Year, people will say auspicious phrases to one another.步步高升 (bù bù gāo shēng) means wishing that every step you take leads you to a higher position.快高長大(kuài gāo zhǎng dà) is usually said to children and it means wishing that you will grow big and tall quickly.
Ingredients
- ¼ approx Chinese New Year Rice Cake
This is using an 8” rice cake - 1 Large egg
- 1 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Slice Chinese New Year Rice Cake into 1 cm thick slices approximately 3 cm x 4 cm, or any size you like
- Beat 1 large egg in a bowl
- Dip the sliced rice cakes into the egg making sure the whole surface is coated with egg
- In a frying pan, use medium heat and add 1 tbsp oil
- Fry the slices of rice cake for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden
- Serve
Nutrition
Calories: 263kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 16mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 59IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 1mg
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