Description
A hearty B-grade gourmet where chewy fermented dough enclosing plenty of green scallions and minced pork is shallow-fried crispy in generous oil.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Flour
- Minced pork
- Massive green scallions
- Yeast
- Five-spice powder
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Blend bread and cake flour, add yeast and warm water, knead, and proof for
- hour to make a fluffy dough.
- Knead minced pork (fatty is better for juiciness) with soy sauce, five-spice, sesame oil, and white pepper.
- The biggest point: finely chop massive green scallions but keep them separate from the meat (prevents scallion moisture from diluting meat juices).
- Flatten the proofed dough round, place pork filling, heap massive scallions on top, wrap, and shape into a flat disc.
- Heat 1cm deep oil in a large pan, drop the dough in.
- Shallow-fry slowly on medium heat until the dough puffs up greatly and both sides are crispy golden brown.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Savory scallion and Five-spice powder
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pancake mix (caution: becomes sweet), Minced pork
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea or Soy Milk
Trivia
[Trend] Dough is fluffier and more bread-like than Hujiao Bing, and meatier than scallion pancakes (Congyoubing). The taste of youth for students buying snacks on their way home.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] At Taiwanese stalls, the ultimate customization is sandwiching a 'fried egg (Jia Dan)' and 'Taiwanese basil (Jiucengta)' inside, smeared with sweet and spicy sauce!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Soy, Sesame