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[[File:LoveChinChin.jpg|thumb|A bowl of chin chin]] |
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'''Chin chin''' is a [[Frying|fried]] snack popular in [[West Africa]]. It is a sweet, crunchy, [[donut]]-like baked or fried [[dough]] of [[wheat flour]], and other customary baking items. Chin chin may also contain [[cowpea]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Akubor|first=Peter I.|date=2004|title=Protein contents, physical and sensory properties of Nigerian snack foods (cake, chin-chin and puff-puff) prepared from cowpea - wheat flour blends|journal=[[International Journal of Food Science & Technology]]|volume=39|issue=4|pages=419–424}}</ref> Many people also bake it with ground [[nutmeg]] for flavor |
'''Chin chin''' is a [[Frying|fried]] snack popular in [[West Africa]]. It is a sweet, crunchy, [[donut]]-like baked or fried [[dough]] of [[wheat flour]], and other customary baking items. Chin chin may also contain [[cowpea]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Akubor|first=Peter I.|date=2004|title=Protein contents, physical and sensory properties of Nigerian snack foods (cake, chin-chin and puff-puff) prepared from cowpea - wheat flour blends|journal=[[International Journal of Food Science & Technology]]|volume=39|issue=4|pages=419–424}}</ref> Many people also bake it with ground [[nutmeg]] for flavor. |
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[[File:Chin Chin in Box.jpg|thumb|Sample pack of Friendship Chin Chin in plain flavor]] |
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BeeRain Inc. ([[www.beerain.ca]]), based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada also makes crunchy plain or traditional Chin Chin as well as flavored chin chin with cinnamon, lemon, roasted flaxseed, and vanilla. The BeeRain brand name is [http://beerain.ca/here-i-am/ Friendship Chin Chin]. |
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The dough is usually kneaded and cut into small squares of 1 square inch or so, about a quarter of an inch thick, before frying.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mepba|first=H. D. |author2=S.C. Achinewhu |author3=S.N. Aso |author4=C.K. Wachukwu|date=2007|title=Microbiological Quality Of Selected Street Foods In Port Harcourt, Nigeria|journal=[[Journal of Food Safety]]|volume=27|issue=2|pages=208–18|doi=10.1111/j.1745-4565.2007.00073.x}}</ref> |
The dough is usually kneaded and cut into small squares of 1 square inch or so, about a quarter of an inch thick, before frying.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mepba|first=H. D. |author2=S.C. Achinewhu |author3=S.N. Aso |author4=C.K. Wachukwu|date=2007|title=Microbiological Quality Of Selected Street Foods In Port Harcourt, Nigeria|journal=[[Journal of Food Safety]]|volume=27|issue=2|pages=208–18|doi=10.1111/j.1745-4565.2007.00073.x}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:35, 29 February 2016
Chin chin is a fried snack popular in West Africa. It is a sweet, crunchy, donut-like baked or fried dough of wheat flour, and other customary baking items. Chin chin may also contain cowpeas.[1] Many people also bake it with ground nutmeg for flavor.
The dough is usually kneaded and cut into small squares of 1 square inch or so, about a quarter of an inch thick, before frying.[2]
References
- ^ Akubor, Peter I. (2004). "Protein contents, physical and sensory properties of Nigerian snack foods (cake, chin-chin and puff-puff) prepared from cowpea - wheat flour blends". International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 39 (4): 419–424.
- ^ Mepba, H. D.; S.C. Achinewhu; S.N. Aso; C.K. Wachukwu (2007). "Microbiological Quality Of Selected Street Foods In Port Harcourt, Nigeria". Journal of Food Safety. 27 (2): 208–18. doi:10.1111/j.1745-4565.2007.00073.x.
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