How to Make Delicious Scallion pancake

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Scallion pancake. Such an EASY snack or appetizer. The pancakes are great on their own, or paired with a soy sauce and vinegar based dipping sauce. The secret to layered, flaky, chewy-crunchy scallion pancakes?

Scallion pancake Scallion pancakes are one of the dishes I missed the most after moving to the US. Unlike simple stir fries, I seldom cooked them at home and was intimidated by the process. Chinese scallion pancakes are always a crowd pleaser. You can cook Scallion pancake using 7 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Scallion pancake

  1. You need 200 gram of all purpose flour.
  2. Prepare 140 gram of boiled water.
  3. You need 2 pieces of Scallion.
  4. You need 8 gram of salt.
  5. You need 15 gram of Oil.
  6. It's of Black pepper.
  7. Prepare of White pepper (optional).

This vegan recipe includes step-by-step photos and detailed notes on how to make the flakiest scallion pancakes. Scallion pancake is a pan-fried flatbread. So easy to make but very delicious. We usually eat this with plain porridge.

Scallion pancake step by step

  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 ❤️.

It is a cheap Chinese food but so. 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?! An informative guide to making scallion pancakes. Dipping sauce suggestions are also provided.