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Hot sand frying is a common technique for street side food vendors in China to cook chestnuts and peanuts. A large wok is filled with black sand and heated to high temperature. Nuts are buried in the hot sand and occasionally turned with a spatula, then the sand and nuts decanted through a wire-mesh screen.

See also : Chinese cuisine, Cooking

Categories: Stub | Cooking techniques

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	Hot salt frying is a technique used by street side food vendors in China.
	Dry food items, such as eggs in shell, are buried in the hot salt and occasionally turned with a spatula.
	After the salt became hot, the vendor toasted/fried pepitas, or pumpkin seeds in their shells in the hot salt, stirring them with a slotted spoon.

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