Cong You Bin (Scallion Pancake)
Cong You Bin (Scallion Pancake)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cong you bin (scallion pancake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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An informative guide to making scallion pancakes. This recipe shows you how to make them flaky, tasty and crispy. Dipping sauce suggestions are also provided. Scallion pancakes (Cong You Bing, 葱油饼) are a very popular staple food in China.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cong you bin (scallion pancake) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cong You Bin (Scallion Pancake):
  1. Get 2 cups AP flour
  2. Take 2/3 cups water
  3. Take Vegetable oil, for drizzling
  4. Make ready 1 cup Scallion or spring onion, cut into small pieces
  5. Make ready to taste Salt
  6. Take Dipping sauce
  7. Prepare 1/4 cup vinegar
  8. Get 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
  9. Take 1 tbsp grated garlic and ginger
  10. Prepare 1-2 tbsp chili garlic oil (or as preferred)

When we were younger, my sister and I used to come home from school and take a scallion pancake out of the freezer to relieve those. Easy and Flaky Chinese Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing). I was in the process of clearing out the fridge and I saw that I still have quite a bit of scallion in the fridge. I made Chinese scallion pancakes few years ago and been making it since then.

Steps to make Cong You Bin (Scallion Pancake):
  1. Gradually mix water into all-purpose flour. The resulting mixture will be a bit sticky.
  2. Knead for 3-4 solid minutes. Then cover with cling wrap or cloth and rest for 30 minutes.
  3. Once rested, Knead again for 2 minutes. You will notice that the dough is smoother and a little bit elastic by then.
  4. Divide the dough into four portions. Dust the table and the rolling pin with flour and roll out one portion of the dough into a rough rectangle about 1 mm thin. Remember that the thinner the dough is, the flakier it will be.
  5. Once rolled out, rub some oil on one side and season with a salt. Place the chopped scallion and out the dough and its scallion filling into a log. Try to make it tight as possible.
  6. From a log shape, coil it around itself so it looks like a snail shell. Pinch the end to get it to stick.
  7. Flatten out the now snail-shaped dough and roll out to a thinner disk. The thinner the disk is, the crunchier it will be. Do the same for the rest of the dough.
  8. Add a little oil in a non-stick pan and fry the disk until browned on one side. Flip and fry the other side.
  9. Cut into quarters and serve with a dipping sauce of chili oil, choice of vinegar, light sodium soy sauce, and grated garlic and ginger.

I was in the process of clearing out the fridge and I saw that I still have quite a bit of scallion in the fridge. I made Chinese scallion pancakes few years ago and been making it since then. Here's what you need: flour, lukewarm water, oil, scallions, salt. Cut the scallions into long thin strips and then cut the strips into small pieces. Scallion Pancakes (known as Cong (Chong) You Bing in China) are a special kind of snack much loved in Shanghai, China.

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