Lazy weekend breakfast – Scallion Pancakes (葱油餅)
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My attempt to venture out for a grocery shopping failed miserably as the weather was too discouraging. Rechecking my fridge yielded me some scallion and ginger. My heart brightened immediately. Scallion pancakes with honey ginger tea would make a perfect breakfast for this freezing weekend morning.
Scallion pancakes are a popular appetizer served in many Chinese restaurants around the world. Interestingly, in China it is usually a breakfast item. When I was little, a piece of pancake with a bowl of congee or soy milk was one of my favorite breakfasts.
About this recipe, unlike the traditional scallion pancakes, I used cooking oil instead lard. It does lose some flavor without that animal fat but it still tastes good and healthy. If you want to make this as a dinner dish, you can also mix in some minced meat to add some complicity.
[stextbox id=”info” bgcolor=”9fdfd9″]Ingredient
2 cup All purpose flour
1/2 – ¾ cup* Hot water (around 100F or 39C)
3 scallions, minced
1.5 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Ground white pepper
4 tbsp Cooking oil
Dipping Sauce
1tsp soy sauce
½ tsp Lemon juice
1 tsp Minced scallion
½ tsp Minced ginger
1 tsp Sugar
a few drops of sesame oil[/stextbox]
[stextbox id=”custom”]Steps (for 2 10-inch pancakes)
1. In a mixing bowl or stand mixer, add flour and 0.5 tsp of salt. Gradually add hot water while mixing it. The dough should be relatively soft but able to stand.
2. Shape dough into a ball and set aside covered with damped towel for 20 minutes. The process will loosen up the dough and make the pancakes soft.
3. While waiting for the dough, add 1/2 tsp of salt and all the ground pepper to the scallions. Mix well. Combine all dipping sauce ingredients and mix well.
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4. Oil the workstation. Roll the dough into a log and cut into two. Roll each half of the log into a thin sheet.
5. For each of the two scallions pancakes, brush 1 tbsp of oil over the surface of dough sheet. Sprinkle 0.25 tsp of salt over the surface.
6. Sprinkle scallion mix evenly on the dough sheet. Make sure you leave some margin for sealing later on.
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7. Carefully roll up the dough into a tight log. While rolling, gently press roll to force out the trapped air. Seal the open ends of the log.
8. Twist the log around itself to form a spiral. Make sure both ends are not open. Flatten the spiral to the thickness you prefer.
9. In a flat cookware, add 2 tbsp of oil. On medium low heat, cook the pancake until it turns crispy and golden in medium heat. Make your pancake often to prevent from burning. About 3 minutes on each side.[nggallery id=24]
Tips
* By using the hot water, your dough becomes partially cooked. This is a technique to make the pancakes crispy.[/stextbox]
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Is there an error in step 1?
“add four and 0.5 tsp of salt. “
Hi Janet, thank you so much for bringing it to my attention. I have corrected the typo. I can’t believe it was never caught through all these years!
Awesome recipe and website! Can’t wait to try this out. Do you have a youtube channel? Would be cool to watch your technique, especially for twisting and rolling the dough.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Feifei, yes I do. Check out my video page below. I am working on adding more videos soon: http://yireservation.com/video/
I wonder if you would do a video. Mine were a disaster.
hi Neal, that’s a great suggestion. I am planning to post an updated recipe hopefully with a video. Thanks.
I made these yesterday for breakfast and they were really good. I made my dough a little too wet but i managed to get them done. Next time I’ll know not to add too much water.
Thanks Deb for your feedback. Glad the pancakes came out good.
I stumbled across your website looking for turnip cake recipes a few days ago and now I am obsessed with your recipes! Thanks for helping a college student feel more at home!
thanks Winny. I am glad that you enjoy my recipes. Please make you feel like home and let me know if you have any questions.
Just wanted to thank you for the recipe. I’ve made it twice now, and the kids eat it up! ^_^
HI Foodie, thanks for dropping by. I am glad that the scallion pancakes came out good. Have a good week!
When I lived in HK I had a co-worker that would commute from Shenzhen everyday. He would bring in a bag of “spicy” scallions cakes for our crew once or twice a week for breaky’, I m gonna try this recipe out and let you know how it goes!
I’d love to hear your feedback on this….you can probably add some chilli to create your version of spicy scallion pancakes!!
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wowowowow!!! I can’t believe making a Scallion Pancake sounds that easy!! Yes, ‘sounds’ – I am sure I will mess things up when I really do it.
Once I had a scallion pancake in a night market of YiLan, Taiwan. According to my local friends, the stall is the best of Taiwan. YiLan is famous for growing spring onion. I had a chance to see and to wander in a spring onion field. It was quite an experience.
Thanks for sharing your story. I have to give you a lot of respect for wandering around a scallion field. I could barely open my eyes when I was chopping the scallions for these pancakes. Please do keep on sharing your food stories with us.