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Foolproof Crispy Candied Fruit Skewers (Tanghulu)

Name: Foolproof Crispy Candied Fruit Skewers (Tanghulu)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: strawberry; cherry tomatoes; mandarin orange; Sweet potato; Asian very ripe Bananas; grape; guava; sugar; water; Cooking oil

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3 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:35

Prepare 15 strawberries, 15 cherry tomatoes, 1 mandarin orange, 1 sweet potato, 2 bananas, 20 grapes, and 1 guava. Wash and cut fruits as needed, then skewer them securely onto wooden sticks.

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Watch out

Be careful with your fingers when skewering fruits, and make sure they are tightly strung so they don't fall off.

Ingredients:strawberry (15 piece)cherry tomatoes (15 piece)mandarin orange (1 piece)Sweet potato (1 piece)Asian very ripe Bananas (2 piece)grape (20 piece)guava (1 piece)

Tools:wooden skewer

Active Cooking

00:01:05

warningStay safe

Hot sugar syrup causes severe burns; be careful with splashing boiling hot liquid.

Pour 300g sugar and 120cc water into a pan, swirl gently to mix, heat over medium and then reduce to medium-low. Boil until the syrup thickens, large bubbles turn into dense small bubbles that do not drip. Do not stir with chopsticks otherwise it will crystallize. Add 2 drops of cooking oil for crispiness, keeping the syrup completely clear and uncolored.

local_fire_departmentMedium to medium-low heat for about 5 minutes

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Watch out

Never stir the syrup with chopsticks while boiling, otherwise the sugar will crystallize and fail.

Ingredients:sugar (300 g)water (120 ml)Cooking oil (2 drop)

Tools:pan

Active Cooking

00:01:52

warningStay safe

Hot sugar syrup touching skin causes severe burns; maintain a safe distance while dipping.

While the syrup is ready, quickly roll the skewered fruits in the pan, making sure every part of each fruit is evenly coated with the transparent syrup, then take them out and let cool.

local_fire_departmentMedium-low heat to maintain consistency

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Dip quickly

leaving fruit in the hot syrup too long will cause it to overheat and release water

Ingredients:strawberrycherry tomatoesmandarin orangeSweet potatoAsian very ripe Bananasgrapeguava

Tools:platepan