大腸包小腸 Taiwanese Hotdogs

Taiwanese Hotdogs

Taiwanese hotdogs are simply made by wrapping the smaller Taiwanese sausage in the bigger glutinous rice sausage. Then some other ingredients are added such as peanut powder, cucumber and pepper sauce.

Where is it from?

Taiwanese hotdogs are similar to the American hotdogs. It comes from a creative idea of a Taiwanese vendor who liked both glutinous rice sausage and Taiwanese sausage but was too lazy to eat them separately. Therefore, he figured out a way to eat both of them at the same time. That was to combine these two foods together. Unexpectedly, the combination became an overnight sensation.

How do you prepare it?

The way to make Taiwanese hotdogs is to charbroil glutinous rice sausage and Taiwanese sausage, cut the glutinous rice sausage and then put in ingredients such as peanut powder, cucumber, cilantro, prickled vegetable, garlic, pepper sauce, etc. Later, use the bigger glutinous rice sausage to roll the smaller Taiwanese sausage up. Whether to add some sauces or not is based on personal preference. Normally, vendors put garlic and prickled vegetables into Taiwanese hotdogs.

Where do you buy it?

Taiwanese hotdogs are a common snack in every Taiwanese night market.

大腸包小腸

大腸包小腸又稱「台灣人的熱狗」，與美式熱狗有異曲同工之妙。起源於台灣夜市老闆的創意，相傳老闆因為喜歡吃糯米腸和香腸，但嫌分開來吃麻煩，於是將兩種食物結合，沒想到意外風靡全台。

大腸包小腸的製作方法是以體積較大的糯米腸包裹體積較小的台式香腸。通常將糯米腸與香腸以碳烤方式烤熟後，將糯米腸(即塞入糯米的香腸)切開，放入各樣的配料，像是花生粉、小黃瓜、香菜、台式酸菜、九層塔、生大蒜、黑胡椒醬等，再夾入台式香腸(即塞入醃豬肉的香腸)，食用時可依照個人喜好加醬料搭配。若沒事先告知喜好，小販通常直接把配料生大蒜及台式酸菜夾進米腸內來方便食用。

大腸包小腸是台灣各大夜市風行的美食之一。

參考資料來源

http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=48068&ctNode=2660&mp=1501