Ultimate Guide to Scallion Pancakes— 6 methods! (蔥油餅)

Details

Description

I tested six ways of making scallion pancakes! My guide to recreating the uber-flaky, crispy thin and multi-layered scallion pancakes I've had here in Taiwan.

Subscribe to my Substack for latest recipes: https://hannahche.substack.com/
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannah.che/
Get a copy of my James Beard award-winning cookbook, The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646686/the-vegan-chinese-kitchen-by-hannah-che/9780593139707

▸ TIMESTAMPS
00:42 dough
01:19 difference with Chinese flour
02:04 secret for texture
02:54 making the oil paste
04:05 method 1 (basic roll)
04:23 method 2 (scroll)
04:51 method 3 (accordion)
05:17 method 4 (cut threads)
05:49 method 5 (stacked)
06:25 method 6 (thousand threads)
07:25 cooking the pancakes
08:00 final lineup

Full recipe/instructions here:
https://theplantbasedwok.com/chinese-scallion-pancakes-ultimate-guide/

▸ RECIPE
Dough:
4 cups (575 grams) all-purpose flour, or 2 ½ cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour + 1 ½ cups (215 grams) cake flour*
½ tsp salt
1 cup (237 grams) boiling water
½ cup plus 2 tablespoon (148 grams) room temperature water
Additional flour for rolling/dusting

Paste:
1 cup thinly sliced scallions, green part only, about 6 medium scallions
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (90 grams) all-purpose flour
½ cup neutral-tasting oil
1 ½ tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn (optional)
1 ½ tsp kosher salt

*To approximate the lower-protein of Chinese flour, I substitute 2 ½ cups American all-purpose flour and 1 ½ cups cake flour.
*I recommend using a food scale for accuracy, as scooping and weighing flour results in different measurements. Here, I scoop the dough directly from the bag with the cup measure and level off the top, so the total weight of 4 cups is about 575 grams flour.

▸ LINKS
website: http://theplantbasedwok.com/
pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/theplantbasedwok/

▸ MUSIC
prima - autumn leaves https://soundcloud.com/primabeats/autumn-leaves3

Filmed with Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark ii vlog camera
Edited with Final Cut Pro X

#scallionpancake #蔥油餅 #taiwanesestreetfood