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Scallion Pancakes

Shanghai style scallion pancake

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4 pancakes
Calories: 447 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

Main dough
  • 300 g all purpose flour ,2cups + 2 tbsp.
  • 170 g hot water ,1/2 cup + 3tbsp.
Oil Mixture:
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup AP flour
  • 5 scallion whites
Other ingredients:
  • 2 cups finely chopped green onion or scallion
  • salt for garnishing
  • oil for brushing and pan-frying

Instructions

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  1. Make the main dough: Slowly stir the hot water to the flour. Wait until cooled down and knead until it forms a smooth dough. Or knead the dough with a stand mixer for 5-7 minutes with low speed.
  2. Rest the dough: Cover with plastic wrapper or a wet cloth and rest for at least 30 minutes. So the gluten can be well rested and we can easily roll the pancake out.
  3. Make the oil-flour mixture: heat oil over medium fire and fry green onions until browned. Discard the green onion and keep the oil. Pour flour into a small bowl and stir in the hot oil slowly.
  4. Roll out the dough: Cut the dough into 4 equal portions and roll one portion out to a large rectangle wrapper. Sprinkle salt and top with a layer of oil-flour mixture and then another layer of chopped scallion.
  5. Roll-up the dough: Starting from the long end, roll the dough up like folding a hand fan. Slightly stretch and roll one side up to the middle and then the other side to the middle too. Overlay the two ends. Cover the dough and rest for 15 minutes or so. Repeat the process and finish all of the remaining portions. The former twos with more layers are assembled with the hand folding fan methods, while the two in the second line is made with simply roll up method.
  6. Roll each portion to a large pancake (around 5 inches in diameter). If you plan to cook the pancakes later, package each of them with an air-tight bag and freeze up for 1 week.
  7. Frying the pancakes: add around 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan and fry the pancakes until golden brown on one side (takes 3-4 minutes over medium fire), turn over the fry the another side for 3 minutes too. After turning over, slightly press the center of the pancake so they can be fried evenly.

Notes

  • The Nutrition Facts is based on each single pancake.

Nutrition Information

Calories 447kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 60g (20%) Protein 8g (16%) Fat 19g (29%) Saturated Fat 15g (75%) Sodium 36mg (2%) Potassium 121mg (3%) Fiber 2g (8%) Vitamin A 150IU (3%) Vitamin C 2.8mg (3%) Calcium 27mg (3%) Iron 3.9mg (22%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4pancakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 447

% Daily Value*

Calories 447kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 60g 20%
Protein 8g 16%
Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 15g 75%
Sodium 36mg 2%
Potassium 121mg 3%
Fiber 2g 8%
Vitamin A 150IU 3%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 3%
Calcium 27mg 3%
Iron 3.9mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.