Street Food

Cong You Bing

Name: Cong You Bing
Total time: 1h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 180ml just-boiled water; 1 tsp salt; 4 spring onions, finely chopped; 3 tbsp lard or oil, plus extra for frying; 1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper, ground

Flaky Shanghainese scallion pancakes — layered, pan-fried and shatteringly crisp.

1h 4 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 300g plain flour
• 180ml just-boiled water
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp lard or oil, plus extra for frying
• 1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper, ground

Method

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Mix flour with hot water to a shaggy dough; knead 5 min, rest 30 min.

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1
Mix flour with hot water to a shaggy dough; knead 5 min, rest 30 min.
2
Divide in 4; roll each thin, brush with lard, scatter spring onion, salt and pepper.
3
Roll into a rope, coil into a snail, flatten to 15cm.
4
Pan-fry in oil 3 min per side until golden and crisp.