Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, scallion pancake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Scallion pancake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Scallion pancake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Chinese scallion pancakes are a popular food item at restaurants and street vendors and recipes can vary regionally. Scallion pancakes might be one of our favorite appetizers ever. Crispy, flaky, and with the slightest bit of chew, it's easy to polish off a whole plate of them in minutes.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have scallion pancake using 7 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Scallion pancake:

1. Prepare 200 gram all purpose flour
2. Get 140 gram boiled water
3. Take 2 pieces Scallion
4. Get 8 gram salt
5. Prepare 15 gram Oil
6. Take Black pepper
7. Get White pepper (optional)

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. You can find this delicacy as a popular street food in China and Taiwan. Crispy, chewy and flaky, a scallion pancake is a savory Chinese snack you've most likely only had in restaurants.

Instructions to make Scallion pancake:

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 make them at home, but the traditional recipe usually requires kneading. Unlike true pancakes, "Cong You Bing" (or Chinese scallion pancakes) are made from a dough instead of a batter. The tasty appetizers are the perfect "sponge" for mopping up extra sauce and can be made ahead of time for convenience. Just wrap a green onion pancake in foil and reheat in the oven. —Jenni Sharp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chewy, flaky, and savory scallion pancakes are one of our very favorite Chinese restaurant treats. This pan-fried bread has a lot in common with Indian parathas and other simple flatbreads, and if you follow a few simple steps, they are easy to make at home.

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