Scallion Pancakes Recipe
Recipe by Ethan Wong
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Equipment
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
Pancake Dough
- 2 cup All Purpose Flour (medium strength protein)
- 1 cup Water (warm)
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Oil
Scallion Fillings
- 1 stalk Scallion (chopped)
- to sprinkle Salt
- to sprinkle Five Spice Powder
- to brush Oil
Instructions
To make the dough
- Into a large mixing bowl, add all purpose flour and salt in.
- Then mix with a fork and add warm water in a little at a time. Mix until the dough begins to stick.
- If the dough is too moist, add a little flour and knead or if it is too dry, add a little more warm water and knead.
- Add cooking oil into the dough and knead with your hands. Knead until the oil has folded into the dough.
- Then apply a layer of oil on the outer layer of the dough and keep the dough covered with cling wrap or a damp cloth.
- Let rest for 60 minutes.
To make Pancakes and add fillings
- After 60 minutes, lightly flour your working table and transfer your dough onto the flour.
- Gently roll your dough into an elongated shape and cut into 6 pieces.
- Lightly flour the dough and use your palm to thoroughly flatten the dough.
- Then use a rolling pin and roll the dough to a thin sheet.
- Sprinkle salt and five spice powder on the dough sheet and spread them out with your hand.
- Then add a tbsp of cooking oil and spread it.
- Then sprinkle chopped scallion in a heap.
- Begin rolling the dough sheet from one corner to another corner. As you roll the dough, try to remove air pockets.
- Once you had rolled into an elongated shape, lightly rolling to again to lengthen it.
- Then twist the elongated dough by pushing one end and pulling the other end.
- Then twist in the dough to form a neat spiral with the end tip fold to the bottom.
- Leave the dough to rest as you work on the other dough.
Pan-Frying Scallion Pancakes
- Lightly oil the surface of the spiral dough and flatten it with your palm.
- Then use the rolling pin to roll it into a round thin sheet.
- Preheat pan to medium heat with cooking oil, transfer rolled dough into the pan.
- Pan-fry both sides until golden and crispy. Eat Hot!
Nutrition
Calories : 173kcalCarbohydrates : 32gProtein : 4gFat : 3gSaturated Fat : 1gSodium : 197mgPotassium : 45mgFiber : 1gSugar : 1gVitamin A : 20IUVitamin C : 1mgCalcium : 6mgIron : 2mg