Chive Pancake

 

Firstly we need to make the filling. Mix chopped chive and scrambled egg. Add salt, soy sauce, and dried small shrimp to make the fresh filling. Since chive contains water, after pan-frying, we will get a juicy fillings.

The process of making the wrapper of those pancake is similar with making dumpling wrappers. But pancake wrappers should be larger than dumpling wrappers.

Then we start wrapper the box. There are common two ways of folding the pancake, but I recommend using this one other than the way mentioned in previous scallion pancake. Because the filling are more juicy and we need to keep the juicy sauce inside.

To fold the pancakes, use your thumb and index finger to spread a thumb size round from the edge of the wrapper and then fold the round part back. Repeat the process until the whole pancake is sealed. Then pour some oil in pan, add place the pancakes in. Use slow fire to pan-fry.
Then you can choose to serve the pancake as a whole or cut into four wedges.

Chive Pancake

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: Making 6 pancakes

Serve: 3

Crispy chive pancake with chopped chive, scrambled egg and dried small shrimp as filling. Crispy surface and juicy filling.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
For the wrapper
• 10oz all-purpose flour
• 5oz water
For the filling
• 8oz fresh chive chopped into small pieces
• 3 middle size eggs
• 1 tablespoon dried small shrimps
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon five spicy powders
• 1 inch root ginger minced
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil
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Instructions

For the wrapper
1. Prepare the flour in a large bowl. Pour the water slowly to the bowl with flour and stir with a chop sticker.
2. Then knead the flour into smooth and soft dough. At the very beginning, it might be a little bit sticky.
3. Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for around 15 minutes. And then punch the air out.
4. Then roll the dough into a long log around 2 inches in diameter.
5. Scatter some flour on your board and cut the log to small sections you like. Roll each of the dough sections into round wrapper.
For the filling
6. Beat the egg in a small bowl. Heat up 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil in pan and stir-fry the egg liquid. Cut the eggs into small pieces.
7. In a large bowl, mix chive with egg pieces and dried small shrimps. Add salt, sesame oil, ginger and light soy sauce to make the filling.
Making the chive pancake
8. Fold the pancakes one by one.
9. Heat up 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in pan. Place the pancakes in to fry until both sides become golden-brown. Cut into small wedges and serve hot! 

If this chive pancake taste good and want more similar, try the scallion pancake too.