Dragon Beard Sugar was originally called Yinsitang (also known as Dragon Beard Crisp, Noodle Sugar). The raw material is maltose. The traditional dragon Beard Sugar fillings can include sugar, peanuts, sesame and coconut shreds. It is a traditional Chinese folk snack.

Origin of Dragon Beard Candy

Dragon Beard Candy was originally called Yinsitang, and its fillings include sugar gum, peanuts, sesame seeds and coconut paste. It was originally a traditional Chinese folk snack. Dragon Beard Candy is made of sugar shreds that are pulled out like ramen noodles from sugar gum. Silk white sugar until later, before adding the filling. There are different opinions about the origin of dragon beard candy. One of them is that dragon beard candy appeared in the Song Dynasty. Legend has it that an emperor in the Song Dynasty ate silver candy and found it delicious and became one of his favorite desserts. Later, the common people knew that the emperor also ate Yinsitang, so they changed the name to Longxutang. Another theory is related to Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, when Emperor Zhengde traveled to the people, he discovered that the people actually had such special taste and shape. At that time, it was called “silver candy”. It was very fragrant and had a special taste. This product developed a good impression, so he ordered to bring it back to the palace, and named it “dragon beard candy”, also known as “dragon beard roll” and later introduced to the people. It has always been a favorite food by the subjects. In short, Dragon Beard Candy gets its name because of its appearance and royal origins.

Practice of Dragon Beard Candy

Ingredients: a piece of boiled maltose, appropriate amount of fried rice noodles.
Filling: peanut crisp, sesame, coconut and other appropriate amount.

• Step 1

Put the maltose in a small clean basin, sit in a hot water pot and slowly melt to make the maltose soft.

• Step 2

Take out the softened maltose, put it on the table and knead it repeatedly, like kneading dough. Then rub it into a thin strip of sticky starch, fold and repeat the pulling.

• Step 3

First thin the maltose, pull up and down, just like making ramen, pulling, rolling, and pulling again and again. After pulling it for n times, the maltose color began to fade.

• Step 4

Make the maltose into a round shape and start to pull it in the fried rice noodles. This is the key to making dragon beard candy. It requires certain skills. After professional training, the honey can be pulled like hair Thin, the entrance melts.

• Step 5

Pull for a while and sprinkle some fried rice noodles, then pull. After some drawing, the maltose will slowly become sugar whiskers.

• Step 6

Then take out a small handful of sugar dragon beard, put peanut crisp, sesame, coconut and other mixed fillings. The roll wraps up to be a thousand layers of sugar shreds on the outside and crispy dragon beard candy on the inside.

Summaty

The process of making dragon beard candy is not complicated, but it takes a certain amount of practice to make standard candy silk.