Crispy scallion pancake, the ultimate specialty snack

Crispy scallion pancake, the ultimate specialty snack

Overview

The crispy scallion pancake is characterized by its crispy texture, salty taste, and the alluring aroma of scallions. Flour, oil and chopped green onion are the main ingredients; scallion pancake has always been synonymous with the north, and is also a specialty snack in northern streets and night markets. This snack is distributed in Fujian, Shandong, Northeast, Hebei and other places in China. It belongs to Fujian or Shandong cuisine. Scallion pancake is also known as Chinese-style pizza among the people. Ordinary dough has evocative layers inadvertently made by hand. It is a common way to eat it as breakfast or lunch; paired with porridge or noodles and pickles. It can be seen that scallion pancakes are extremely popular~ let’s make them together!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare 350 grams of flour, add 2.5 grams of yeast powder, add cold water to the flour and knead it into a smooth dough. Put the dough into a bowl, cover it with a damp cloth and let it sit for 1 hour. Press the dough with your fingers to see if it springs back. It didn't bounce or send well. Add a raw egg and knead the dough evenly.

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  2. Wash the green onions and chop them into small pieces, put them into a small butterfly and set aside. The dough has risen. Continue kneading until the dough is smoother.

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  3. Sprinkle dough with flour and place on cutting board. Continue to knead the dough and stretch it into a long loaf.

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  4. After kneading the dough into a long strip, cut it into pieces with a knife. It can be broken into a potion. Divide the dough into several pieces.

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  5. Take one of the ingredients, roll it into a round shape with your hands, and roll it out as thinly as possible. Use a rolling pin to roll it into a thin round cake and sprinkle with salt.

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  6. Sprinkle the dough evenly with salt and apply fragrant sesame oil.

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  7. First put the chopped green onion into the oil pan and stir-fry until fragrant. When frying the green onion oil, be sure to use low heat so that the taste of the green onion oil will be stronger. Spread onion oil and pepper. Sprinkle an even layer of chopped green onions.

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  8. It is best to smear it with lard, so that the green onions and lard fried scallion pancakes will be more fragrant.

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  9. After the seasoning is applied, slowly roll it up along the edge of the pancake; roll it into a long strip.

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  10. Circle your hands from one end to the other; roll them into a circle from the inside out.

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  11. Press it into a flat round cake shape with your hands, and roll it into a thin round cake with a rolling pin again.

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  12. Follow the same steps for all the dough balls and roll them into small round cakes of equal size.

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  13. Set the rolled out pancakes aside for a while.

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  14. Heat the pan (put a little oil or no oil, because the scallion pancakes have already been greased with oil), add the prepared small round pancakes and cook until both sides of the scallion pancakes are golden and crispy.

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