Chinese Scallion pancake (葱油饼) also known as spring onion pancake is one of the well-known traditional street food in China. Normally people take it as breakfast. It is simple to make your own scallion pancake at home. Some restaurants are like to make a big, thick one that they cut into wedges and serve as an accompaniment to a meal.
Recipe Ingredients
The recipe calls for:
- Plain (all-purpose) flour
- Spring Onions (Scallions)
- Sesame oil
- five spices powder
- salt
- sesame
- water
How to make the Chinese Scallion pancake?
- Prepare a large mixing bowl. Add in the flour and salt and stir to combine. Add the boiling water and, using chopsticks or spoon, mix to a rough dough. Put some flour on the dough, and knead for 5 minutes. If the dough is still sticky, you may knead in a little more flour. When you feel the dough is smooth enough, cover the dough with a cloth and let it rest for 15 – 20 minutes.
- After resting, using a small rolling pin, roll it out to a large rough circle. Brush the surface with some sesame oil, Chinese five spice powder, sesame and chopped scallion. Roll up the dough and pinch the ends. Cut it into 6 – 8 small pieces of dough.
- Pinching the end of the small dough to seal it. Place each small dough flat on the workplace and using a small rolling pin to roll it to a round circle pancake.
- Heat a frying pan with a middle fire and put some cooking oil, then placed the scallion pancake. Cook for 2 minutes on each side. Use the spatula to press the pancake from time to time to ensure the pancake is cook evenly.
Chinese Scallion Pancake Recipe Tips
- Use the cloth to cover during the process of dough resting. This is to absorb water vapor.
- Use a little more oil to fry the scallion pancake. This will give you a more crispy and crunchy pancake experience.
Chinese Scallion Pancake
Chinese Scallion pancake (葱油饼) also known as spring onion pancake is one of the well-known traditional street food in China. Normally people take it as breakfast. It is simple to make your own scallion pancake at home. Some restaurants are like to make a big, thick one that they cut into wedges and serve as an accompaniment to a meal.
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
- 150 gram all purpose flour
- 120 ml water boil it to around 70 degree celcius
- 2 tbsp white sesame
- 1/2 cup scallion green part only. finely chopped
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- some oil for flying
Instructions
- Prepare a large mixing bowl. Add in the flour and salt and stir to combine. Add the boiling water and, using chopsticks or spoon, mix to a rough dough. Put some flour on the dough, and knead for 5 minutes. If the dough is still sticky, you may knead in a little more flour. When you feel the dough is smooth enough, cover the dough with a cloth and let it rest for 15 – 20 minutes.
- After resting, using a small rolling pin, roll it out to a large rough circle. Brush the surface with some sesame oil, Chinese five spice powder, sesame and chopped scallion. Roll up the dough and pinch the ends. Cut it into 6 – 8 small pieces of dough.
- Pinching the end of the small dough to seal it. Place each small dough flat on the workplace and using a small rolling pin to roll it to a round circle pancake.
- Heat a frying pan with a middle fire and put some cooking oil, then placed the scallion pancake. Cook for 2 minutes on each side. Use the spatula to press the pancake from time to time to ensure the pancake is cook evenly.
Notes
- Use the cloth to cover during the process of dough resting. This is to absorb water vapor.
- Use a little more oil to fry the scallion pancake. This will give you a more crispy and crunchy pancake experience.
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