Chapssal doughnuts (Korean: 찹쌀도넛) are Korean doughnuts made with glutinous rice flour.[1][2] The mildly sweet doughnuts are often filled with sweetened red bean paste and coated with the mixture of sugar and cinnamon powder.[1] Glutinous rice flour dough creates the crunchy outside texture and chewy inside texture.[1] Beside food stalls in traditional markets, the doughnuts are also sold through franchise bakeries such as Dunkin' Donuts Korea and Paris Baguette.[3][4]
| Alternative names | Glutinous rice doughnut |
|---|---|
| Type | Doughnut |
| Course | Snack |
| Place of origin | Korea |
| Associated national cuisine | Korean cuisine |
| Main ingredients |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 찹쌀도넛 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | chapssal-doneot |
| McCune–Reischauer | ch'apssal-tonŏt |
| IPA | [tʃʰap̚.s͈al.do.nʌt̚] |
The Korean compound chapssal-doneot (찹쌀도넛) literally means "glutinous rice doughnut", as chapssal (찹쌀) refers to "glutinous rice" and doneot (도넛) is a loanword from the English word "doughnut".