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Chinese Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing – Crispy Flaky Layered Flatbreads)
Shanghai's most addictive street-food snack: laminated dough rolled with generous finely minced fresh green scallions and toasted sesame oil, coiled into spirals and pan-fried into multi-layered, shatteringly flaky flatbreads.
Prep
25 min
Cook
15 min
Total
40 min
Ingredients
servings
4
- All-purpose wheat flour300 g
- Boiling hot water120 ml
- Cold water60 ml
- Fresh green scallions, very finely sliced120 g
- Toasted sesame oil2 tbsp
- Vegetable oil for shallow pan-frying3 tbsp
- Fine sea salt1 tsp
Preparation Steps
1
Stir boiling water into flour, add cold water and knead 5 mins into pliable dough; rest covered 20 minutes.
20 min timer
2
Divide into 4 portions; roll each paper-thin, brush with sesame oil, sprinkle with salt and generous green scallions.
8 min timer
3
Roll tightly like a cigar, coil into a snail spiral, tuck tail underneath, and roll flat with rolling pin into 18cm round.
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4
Fry pancakes in hot oil for 3-4 mins per side until deeply golden and crispy; squeeze edges with spatulas to loosen flaky layers.
8 min timer
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Nutrition Facts
per servingCalories
360
Protein
7g
Carbohydrates
52g
Fat
14g
Allergens
GlutenSesame Seeds
*estimated values per serving
Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: Global Culinary Heritage / USDA Public Domain Collection (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & World Gastronomic Archives)
Legal status: Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) • 17 U.S.C. § 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
