蔥油餅 cōng yóubǐng (scallion/spring onion pancakes). This delicious, easy-to-make snack is sold on street corners all over the Middle Kingdom. This dish is often mistakenly called a pancake but is bread, unleavened bread – pancakes are made from batter.
Ingredients:
- 2 c plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1 c warm water
- Vegetable oil
- 1 c spring onions, finely chopped
- Salt
- White pepper
Directions:
- Sift flour into a mixing bowl.
- Add water gradually mixing until blended together.
- On a floured surface, knead into a smooth, elastic dough.
- Roll into a ball.
- Cover with a damp cloth,
- Let sit for 30 minutes.
- Separate dough into 2 pieces.
- Roll into balls.
- On a floured surface, roll out dough thinly (2 mm).
- Daub some oil over surface of each piece of rolled dough.
- Spread spring onions evenly over dough.
- Sprinkle salt, and add a pinch of pepper.
- Roll dough tightly like a burrito.
- From end to end, roll each loop into a spiral like a snail shell.
- Tuck tail end on top of spiral.
- Roll into a disc about the size of a dinner plate.
- Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil to a flat-bottomed fry pan.
- Bring to a medium heat.
- Fry on both sides until golden brown.
- Slice like a pizza and serve immediately with or without a dipping sauce,
Serves: 6 as snack or as part of a meal
Source: Cookchina.