To make deep-fried ice cream sandwich, you have to work fast

The trick to making the Taiwanese snack of deep-fried ice cream is to work fast before the ice cream melts

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If you miss Taiwanese street food, here is a popular snack you can whip up at home.

Fried ice cream is not a new thing, but the Taiwanese version of it - called zha bing qi lin in Mandarin, essentially a deep-fried ice cream sandwich - seems the easiest to replicate. Or at least that is what several recipe videos I checked out online will have me believe.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 11, 2020, with the headline To make deep-fried ice cream sandwich, you have to work fast. Subscribe