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Chinese Scallion Pancakes

07/15/2009 //  by Connie Veneracion

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Say bread and most Filipinos conjure an image of something soft, fluffy and mildly sweet. We like our pan se sal that way and, until recently, we associated not-too-white loaf bread with inferior quality. We like our bread perfectly shaped too and with a soft and light-colored exterior. In short, we’ve come to associate good bread with commercial factory-produced standards.

But there is a world of unleavened breads out there — flat and often made without sugar — and they are delicious. The Mexican tortillas, Indian chapatis, rotis and naan, and Middle Eastern pita are only some of them. While most require traditional ovens and equipment to make, there are simple but equally delicious unleavened breads that you can make at home. One of them is the Chinese onion or scallion pancake.

Despite the name, the Chinese onion pancake is really a bread cooked in a frying pan as it starts with a dough that is kneaded and allowed to rest like most breads (In contrast, the Korean green onion pancake called P’ajon, prepared as a batter and poured into an frying pan, is closer to our Westernized idea of what a pancake is). The ingredients are few and simple — flour, salt, sesame seed oil and scallions — but the Chinese onion pancake is tasty, rich in texture, aromatic and filling.

Chinese Scallion Pancakes

Chinese Scallion Pancakes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8 to 10 pancakes
Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

  • 2 cups bread flour (all-purpose flour may be substituted), plus more for dusting
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
  • ¾ cup finely sliced scallions
  • vegetable cooking oil for frying

Instructions

  • Stir the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in the sesame seed oil and a cup of warm water (you can use boiling water to make the pancakes more chewy than bread-like). Mix until everything comes together to form a ball.
  • Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead by hand for about five minutes. The dough should be soft but not sticky. Let the dough rest for half an hour.
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  • Roll out the dough into a log and cut into eight to ten equal pieces. Take one piece and, with a rolling pin, form into a flat thin circle about seven inches in diameter.
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  • Place a tablespoonful of scallions on the flattened dough.
  • Starting at the edge nearest you, roll the dough outward to form a “cigar”? pressing lightly to make the dough longer and thinner.
  • Lift one end of the rolled dough and swirl to form a coil.
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  • Flatten with a rolling pin. Repeat until all the dough pieces have been filled, rolled, coiled and flattened.
  • Heat enough cooking oil to reach a depth of about a quarter inch.
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  • Over medium heat, fry the pancakes, two or three at a time, until golden brown in places.
  • Flip halfway through the cooking to brown the other side as well.
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  • Drain on paper towels.
  • Cut the scallion pancakes into wedges and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
  • Suggested dipping sauces:
  • hoisin sauce mixed with a little sesame seed oil
  • a mixture of light soy sauce, grated ginger, garlic, crushed chilies and sesame seed oil
  • traditional basil pesto
  • sun-dried tomato pesto

 

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  1. Crisma

    07/15/2009 at 1:09 pm

    Aha! Something to rival and even surpass the little bread thingies they serve you in Italianni’s na meron ring dipping sauce or is that just olive oil?

    Interesting, and definitely something that I’d be doing for my family…parang masarap yung 2nd dipping sauce na sina-ggest mo, Connie. Thanks again!

    • Connie

      07/15/2009 at 2:45 pm

      Olive oil and balsamic vinegar?

      • Crisma

        07/15/2009 at 3:50 pm

        Ah, yes that’s right.
        Please check your email, Connie… I have a surprise for you there! Hope you’ll like it.

        • Connie

          07/15/2009 at 8:56 pm

          Got it. Thank you so very, very much!

          • Diobs

            07/15/2009 at 11:00 pm

            Hi Connie, can this be baked too? Para hindi oily sana..

          • Connie

            07/15/2009 at 11:09 pm

            I don’t know. I really think this dough is made for frying. You can always use a non-stick pan and minimal oil.

          • claudine charie

            07/16/2009 at 1:22 am

            wow! looks yummy hubby loves onions so much i will try this once were done moving to our new house. and i have a huge backyard and i’m planning to have fruits trees and herb just like yours:))

          • Connie

            07/16/2009 at 10:29 am

            Congratulations! Oh, you will love planting herbs. And the mere motion of going to the garden to pick them before cooking? Ah, priceless. :)

          • Crisma

            07/16/2009 at 10:09 am

            You’re welcome, Connie…

          • Anna

            07/16/2009 at 1:33 pm

            Hi Ms. Connie! My hubby will surely like this recipe… but my eldest daughter surely won’t… she hates onions. Can I make this bread using cheese or tuna or ham instead of onions? please advise me… thanks

          • Connie

            07/16/2009 at 2:38 pm

            Cheese will make it sticky and the cheese will melt during frying so I don’t think so. Ham or tuna might work. :)

  2. Joe Cross

    07/15/2009 at 7:25 pm

    Wow! That looks doable and tasty. Gotta try it. Might even work with leeks. Thanks!

    • Sandra

      07/15/2009 at 7:34 pm

      Connie, Thank you so much for the illustrated pictures! I have read recipes that explained this technique, but seeing it makes it more doable! I will try these as soon as I can get some fresh green onions. Thank you again!

      • Gene

        07/15/2009 at 8:31 pm

        This reminds me of Chinese pancakes we ate in Binondo. I live in Marikina now so the idea of making my own excites me. Thank you for sharing this.

        Just want to clarify though, because this confuses me to no end. Is green onion different from chives (the store in Binondo says kuchay?) If so, which one is sibuyas na mura? It looks the same to me so I don’t know which is which.

        • Connie

          07/15/2009 at 8:53 pm

          Yes, their different. Sibuyas na mura is green onions. Chinese chives or kutchay (the tips often have buds, they are more firm and they stay form longer) are more fibrous and require a longer cooking time.

          • Gene

            07/20/2009 at 3:18 pm

            Thank you Miss Connie!

          • Maria

            07/22/2009 at 8:31 am

            I love this stuff. I have enjoyed this scallion pancakes as an accompaniment to peking duck and it had some sauce (I think plum sauce) to complete the meal.

            The Koreans too have a version of this but as I recall these were imbeded with some seafood like shrimp and scallions. Can’t be too sure though. The Japanese too have their version of it but using shredded cabbage and scallions.

  3. aida

    07/17/2009 at 7:03 am

    thanks for sharing.my family loves it..
    they want it again this coming weekend..

    muchos graciasssss

    • joy

      07/17/2009 at 10:26 am

      I tried this, and it was perfect! I added some black vinegar into the 2nd dip suggestion and it was good too.

  4. charu

    07/24/2009 at 4:28 am

    Hey Connie,yours is a great blog.
    These are similar to Indian stuff paratha’s so those who don’t want to fry it can roast it on the hot pan like parathas.
    Heat a nonstick frying pan and place the bread on it.After a minute flip over the bread to roast the other side.Roast it for a minute .Aply little oil on the first side (1/2Teaspoon to 1 Teaspoon or even less)and flip it over to roast further(keep presssing all sides of the bread with a spatula so the bread gets heat evenly).Now just lift the bread little bit with the spatula and see whether brown spots have started appearing on the surface .Now apply little oil on the other side and flip over to roast,keep on pressing with spatula.The bread is done when you see little brown spots on the surface.
    The trick is to roast on medium heat so that the bread gets cooked inside out.If heat is too high only the surface will burn and bread will be uncooked inside.If heat is too low then bread will get hard.

    • Ramya Kiran

      08/04/2009 at 8:20 pm

      That looks delicious! I wish i was not dieting :(

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