Description
A rustic snack where thick flour batter is baked on a giant flat pan, covered with brown sugar, peanut powder, and sesame, folded in half, and cut into triangles (or squares).
Restaurants serving Peanut Sesame Pancake (Mian Jian Guo)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Flour
- Brown sugar
- Peanut powder
- Black sesame
- Baking powder
- Egg
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Batter] Mix all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, egg, and milk (or water) into a thick pancake-like batter. Rest slightly to stabilize bubbles.
- [Filling] Prepare a special sweet powder mixing roasted crushed peanut powder (Hua Sheng Fen), black sesame, and massive brown sugar (or red sugar).
- Oil a giant round flat pan (or skillet) lightly, pour batter over the entire surface spreading it into a thick crepe (~2cm thick).
- Bake slowly on low; when bubbles form on the surface, spread the special peanut-brown-sugar powder very thickly over 'half' the surface area.
- When the bottom turns golden, use a spatula to lift the empty half and fold it over the filling to make a 'half-moon shape'.
- Steam-fry slightly until the brown sugar melts into a syrup, cut into radial triangles (pizza cut) to serve.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Peanut and scorched brown sugar aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Bake with pancake mix, sandwich brown sugar and peanuts
Pairing
Warm Taiwan Tea or Unsweetened Soy Milk
Trivia
[For Everyone] A traditional snack with various names depending on the region, like 'Mai Zai Jian'. The brown sugar sweetness and peanut savoriness intertwine with the fluffy dough. A gentle taste loved by everyone from Taiwanese grandparents to kids.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Bite like a cake into the crispy outer crust, fluffy inner sponge, and the brown sugar peanut syrup that melted gooey from the heat!
Allergen
Wheat, Egg, Peanuts, Sesame, (Dairy)