Recipe: Eating on a Dime Scallion pancake

Recipe: Eating on a Dime Scallion pancake Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Scallion pancake. Scallion pancakes are a popular dish in China, and available from restaurants and street vendors. There are many different regional variations. Scallion pancakes might be one of our favorite appetizers ever.

It has a crusty and crispy surface, with scallions sandwiched between layers of pastry inside.

It is a refreshing, delightful, and easy to make flatbread.

Transfer rolled out scallion pancake to a plate.

You can have Scallion pancake using 7 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Scallion pancake

1. It’s 200 gram of all purpose flour.

2. Prepare 140 gram of boiled water.

3. You need 2 pieces of Scallion.

4. It’s 8 gram of salt.

5. It’s 15 gram of Oil.

6. Prepare of Black pepper.

7. It’s of White pepper (optional).

Easy scallion pancakes are a colorful, crispy, savory alternative to sweet fried treats; try as a side dish or a perfect snack on their own.

Chinese scallion pancakes are healthy, vegan, crispy and delicious!

These pancakes are a type of savory flatbread made from dough, as opposed to western pancakes with a batter.

They are called cong you bing or 蔥油餅.

Scallion pancake instructions

1. Add 1 teaspoon of salt in the flour before putting boiled water in. Mix it with chopsticks (or spoon) until you can touch the dough by your hands.

2. Knead the dough until the surface is slick. Cover it up with wet clothes for 20 mins.

3. Roll the dough into a round(around 1 mm tall) sprinkle 8 grams of salt on the dough.

4. Add oil on the top of the dough.

5. Use the brush to spread out the oil.

6. Sprinkle the scallions evenly. Add pepper.

7. Roll the dough up gently.

8. Close the edge on the side to prevent scallion from popping out.

9. Hold the edge on both sides and twist them by different directions at the same time.

10. Wind it into 2 circles on top of each others.

11. Flat it into 5 cms thick. Cover it by wet cloth for 20 mins to 1 hr.

12. Preheat the pan until you can feel the heat on top of it. Put the pancake in. Cook with medium fire..

13. Flip it around when the bottom is golden brown(around 3-5 mins). Cover the cap to cook the other side until it golden brown.

14. Add oil into the pan (around 20 grams) Pan- fry both side till it’s golden brown.

15. Put it on paper napkin to absorb extra oil..

16. Voilà ❤️.

You can find this delicacy as a popular street food in China and Taiwan.

Scallion pancake (Cong You Bing), possibly the best famous Chinese pancake in western country, has its unique charms to its lovers.

The crispy out shell, the softer inner part and the beautiful layers make it dominate other Chinese pancakes.

Chinese Scallions pancake also known as green onion pancake or Congyoubing is one of the famous and traditional Chinese street foods and ideal Chinese breakfast.

Those crispy and aroma pancakes are available all around China.