Chinese Bread – Lo Bing or Spring Onion Flatbread

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:

  1. Sift flour into a mixing bowl.
  2. Add water gradually mixing until blended together.
  3. On a floured surface, knead into a smooth, elastic dough.
  4. Roll into a ball.
  5. Cover with a damp cloth,
  6. Let sit for 30 minutes.
  7. Separate dough into 2 pieces.
  8. Roll into balls.
  9. On a floured surface, roll out dough thinly (2 mm).
  10. Daub some oil over surface of each piece of rolled dough.
  11. Spread spring onions evenly over dough.
  12. Sprinkle salt, and add a pinch of pepper.
  13. Roll dough tightly like a burrito.
  14. From end to end, roll each loop into a spiral like a snail shell.
  15. Tuck tail end on top of spiral.
  16. Roll into a disc about the size of a dinner plate.
  17. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil to a flat-bottomed fry pan.
  18. Bring to a medium heat.
  19. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
  20. 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.

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