Flatbread

Scallion Flatbread Recipe

This delicious spiral-style fried scallion flatbread is street food, sold all over China and Taiwan. It’s crisp on the outside, with bubbled, slightly chewy layers on the inside, and you can make it at home with these easy-to-follow instructions. Eat as a snack or as part of a meal.

Also known as scallion pancake, spring onion flatbread or spring onion pancake.

Makes 2 scallion flatbreads: serves 6 as snack or as part of a meal.

Ingredients
2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
1 cup hot water
Vegetable oil
2 cups scallions, finely chopped
1 tsp salt
Pepper to taste

Method

1. 1. 1. 1. Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Add water gradually and mix until blended together.
      2. On a floured surface, knead into a smooth, elastic dough. 
      3. Roll into a ball. Cover with a damp cloth and let sit for 10 – 20 minutes to relax the dough.
      4. Separate dough into 2 pieces. Roll into balls.
      5. Roll out both balls of dough thinly.
      6. Daub oil over surface of dough.
      7. Spread scallions evenly.
      8. Sprinkle salt and pepper.
      9. Roll dough tightly like a burrito and stretch a little lengthways. 
      10. From end to end, roll each length into a spiral like a snail shell. Daub oil under one end and place it on top of spiral, pressing in to join together. 
      11. Roll into thin discs.
      12. Add 1 – 2 tablespoons of oil to a flat-bottomed frypan, bring to a medium heat, and fry on both sides until golden brown.
      13. Slice like a pizza and serve immediately with or without a dipping sauce, or with other Chinese dishes, in place of rice or noodles.

Dipping sauce options
Soy Dipping Sauce
Soy and Oil Hot Sauce

Notes
If it’s not salty enough, sprinkle a little more on after cooking. Oily food like this does not keep well so try to eat it in one sitting, if not, the best method of reheating is toasting. 

This dish is often mistakenly called a pancake but is actually unleavened, fried bread – pancakes are made from batter, not dough. Read about the difference between dough and batter.

What’s the difference between scallions and spring onions? For our purposes, not much, but read more here.

 

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CHINESE NAME FOR THIS DISH
蔥油餅 (葱油饼) 
cōng yóubǐng

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