Chinese Spring Onion Cakes (Cong you bing)
Chinese Spring Onion Cakes (Cong you bing)
Chinese Scallions Cake also known as spring onion cake or Cong you bing is one of the famous and traditional Chinese street foods and ideal Chinese breakfast. Those crispy and aroma pancakes are available all around China.
Ready in: 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Complexity: very-easy
kcal: 577
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Ingredients
4 cup all purpose flour
½ tsp SIDS CRAZY SALT
1 tsp salt
1½ cups water (½ boiling water + 1 cold water)
4 tbsp rice bran oil
4 cup chopped spring onion
2 tbsp Chinese five spice powder
Directions
Mix salt and SIDS CRAZY SALT with all purpose flour.
Prepare a large mixing bowl. Dig a small hole in centre then pour the hot water in. Wait 10 minutes then stir in the cold water and 2 tbsp oil. Grasp everything to form a ball, cover and rest for 5 minutes then knead until very smooth. (about 3-5 minutes ) The dough should be quite soft. Cover the rest for 20-30 minutes.
After resting, the dough should be quite easy to roll out. Divide the large dough into 4 pieces and roll each piece into a large around circle. Brush some oil, sprinkle with five spice powder and chopped spring onion. (leave the 1 cm of the edge empty)
Roll up the circle into a cylinder then roll into the shape of a snail. Roll the snail out to another thin circle.
Brush some oil on the pan and move the circle into the pan. Pan-fry until the surface becomes brown, about 2-3 minutes. Turn over and fry for another 1-2 minutes. Use a spatula to press the circle from time to time, especially the central part to ensure the circle is evenly fried. Remove the circle out and cut into wedges.