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|title=Douzhi (豆汁) - Chinese Food Wiki | |title=Douzhi (豆汁) - Chinese Food Wiki | ||
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| alternate_name = Dou zhi; Beijing fermented mung-bean milk | | alternate_name = Dou zhi; douzhi'er; Beijing fermented mung-bean milk | ||
| pinyin = Dòuzhī | | pinyin = Dòuzhī | ||
| type = Fermented drink / snack | | type = Fermented drink / snack | ||
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'''Douzhi''' (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 豆汁; Pinyin: ''Dòuzhī''; | '''Douzhi''' (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 豆汁; Pinyin: ''Dòuzhī''; colloquial Beijing ''dòuzhīr'') is a traditional Beijing fermented drink made from the liquid by-product of mung-bean starch or cellophane-noodle production. Served hot, it is gray-green, sharply sour, and pungent—an acquired taste that locals treat as a hutong breakfast emblem rather than as sweet soy milk.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douzhi English Wikipedia: Douzhi]</ref> | ||
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
The aroma is fermented and vegetal; the taste is sour with a light bitter edge. Fresh shop douzhi is kept hot in a pot and ladled to order. Newcomers often fail the first sip; Beijingers joke that loving douzhi is a soft cultural loyalty test. It is '''not''' the same beverage as sweet or savory [[Soy Milk]], nor the same snack as soft [[Douhua]] tofu pudding.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="vb">[https://english.visitbeijing.com.cn/article/4Ij8fs8gdkc VisitBeijing: experiencing old Beijing culture through taste (douzhi)]</ref> | |||
== Ingredients (overview) == | == Ingredients (overview) == | ||
Fermented mung-bean slurry | Fermented mung-bean slurry remaining after starch settles for fen si / starch foods; boiled and held hot for drinking. Classic accompaniments: crisp fried rings ([[Jiaoquan]]), shredded spicy pickled vegetables, and sometimes a sesame flatbread sandwiching the fritter. Overview only—no production recipe. | ||
== History and culture == | == History and culture == | ||
Popular histories place mung-bean drinks in northern life from Liao–Song eras onward and note Qing-period talk of palace interest in the snack; a Qianlong-era cleanliness-check anecdote appears in tourism and press retellings—useful as court-and-street color, not as a sealed invention charter.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="cn">[http://guoqing.china.com.cn/2022-05/16/content_78248288.htm China.org.cn / Guoqing: old Beijing douzhi culture note]</ref> | |||
In modern Beijing the set of douzhi + jiaoquan + pickles remains the canonic breakfast plate. Secondary sources and municipal culture pages note that Beijing’s douzhi-eating custom was listed among Beijing intangible cultural heritage items in 2007—a soft ICH recognition of the foodway, not a restaurant franchise claim.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="vb" /> | |||
Writers from Liang Shiqiu onward have described the drink’s “sour, hot, and spicy” eating grammar: sip the sour broth hot, crunch the fritter, and chase with chili-pickle shreds.<ref name="vb" /> | |||
== Serving and variations == | == Serving and variations == | ||
Breakfast with savory sides. See [[Beijing Food]] and [[Chinese Drink]]. | Breakfast bowl with savory sides. Specialty douzhi shops and some old-brand snack counters still sell it; supermarket packaged versions exist but rarely match fresh fermented depth. See [[Beijing Food]] and [[Chinese Drink]]; keep separate from dessert soy milks. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Beijing Food]] | * [[Beijing Food]] | ||
* [[Chinese Drink]] | * [[Chinese Drink]] | ||
* [[Jiaoquan]] | |||
* [[Soy Milk]] | |||
* [[Douhua]] | * [[Douhua]] | ||
* [[Jianbing]] | * [[Jianbing]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Douzhi
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Douzhi (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 豆汁; Pinyin: Dòuzhī; colloquial Beijing dòuzhīr) is a traditional Beijing fermented drink made from the liquid by-product of mung-bean starch or cellophane-noodle production. Served hot, it is gray-green, sharply sour, and pungent—an acquired taste that locals treat as a hutong breakfast emblem rather than as sweet soy milk.[1]
Characteristics
The aroma is fermented and vegetal; the taste is sour with a light bitter edge. Fresh shop douzhi is kept hot in a pot and ladled to order. Newcomers often fail the first sip; Beijingers joke that loving douzhi is a soft cultural loyalty test. It is not the same beverage as sweet or savory Soy Milk, nor the same snack as soft Douhua tofu pudding.[1][2]
Ingredients (overview)
Fermented mung-bean slurry remaining after starch settles for fen si / starch foods; boiled and held hot for drinking. Classic accompaniments: crisp fried rings (Jiaoquan), shredded spicy pickled vegetables, and sometimes a sesame flatbread sandwiching the fritter. Overview only—no production recipe.
History and culture
Popular histories place mung-bean drinks in northern life from Liao–Song eras onward and note Qing-period talk of palace interest in the snack; a Qianlong-era cleanliness-check anecdote appears in tourism and press retellings—useful as court-and-street color, not as a sealed invention charter.[1][3]
In modern Beijing the set of douzhi + jiaoquan + pickles remains the canonic breakfast plate. Secondary sources and municipal culture pages note that Beijing’s douzhi-eating custom was listed among Beijing intangible cultural heritage items in 2007—a soft ICH recognition of the foodway, not a restaurant franchise claim.[1][2]
Writers from Liang Shiqiu onward have described the drink’s “sour, hot, and spicy” eating grammar: sip the sour broth hot, crunch the fritter, and chase with chili-pickle shreds.[2]
Serving and variations
Breakfast bowl with savory sides. Specialty douzhi shops and some old-brand snack counters still sell it; supermarket packaged versions exist but rarely match fresh fermented depth. See Beijing Food and Chinese Drink; keep separate from dessert soy milks.