Chinese scallion pancake
Chinese scallion pancake

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chinese scallion pancake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chinese scallion pancake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chinese scallion pancake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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. Many scallion pancakes recipes I've read use sesame oil to create the layer. Chinese street vendors and restaurants rarely do this because it's very pricey and the result not as delicious as using animal fat.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chinese scallion pancake using 8 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese scallion pancake:
  1. Prepare 250 gm all purpose flour
  2. Take Sugar 1 tbn
  3. Take 2 green onion/spring onion bunches chopped finely
  4. Make ready salt to taste or 3/4 tsp
  5. Get 80 ml hot water
  6. Make ready 70 ml cold water
  7. Make ready 2 tbn oil for dough, 1 ts for rolling,1 Tb for cooking
  8. Take additional flour for dusting

So easy to make but very delicious. We usually eat this with plain porridge. It is a cheap Chinese food but so. My favourite Chinese restaurant treat, made at home!

Steps to make Chinese scallion pancake:
  1. Place all the dry ingredients, besides green onions in a mixing bowl
  2. Add hot water and oil first and mix roughly for a minute
  3. Then pour in the cold water and knead into soft pliable dough
  4. Rest the dough covered aside for 20 minutes
  5. Use this time to clean and finely chop the green onions
  6. After resting period place the dough on the working surface or rolling board
  7. Dust some flour and reknead the dough to make it slightly firm
  8. Make batches of handful of dough ready to be rolled flat
  9. Without adding much flour for dusting roll out a handful into square/round shape as desired
  10. Next brush 1 ts oil on the surface and add a generous amount of green onions
  11. Gently Start rolling into cylindrical log
  12. Now fold/roll into a circle and rest aside while you create the rest of the rolls with the remaining dough in similar fashion
  13. Flatten the roles sough using your hand slightly and roll into a disc again using some flour dusting if needed
  14. Heat oil in a non stick pan and spread it evenly and place the flat bread on it
  15. Cook on both sides on medium-Low heat till done and take off heat
  16. Serve hot with soy sauce or any spicy sauce of your choice
  17. Tip: You may choose to serve after cutting in pizza like cones with at sauce

For years, I've attempted to make Chinese scallion pancakes at home, and they've always turned out decent but never exactly like the cong you bing (葱油饼) I've had in China and in Taiwan. Scallion pancakes really are that easy to make home. I can't believe I've been ordering them from my neighborhood Chinese take-out, when I could have been making them all this time?! The secret to layered, flaky, chewy-crunchy scallion pancakes? It's all in the roll (and the spin, and the re-roll).

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