Cong Bao Hui (Hangzhou Scallion and Dough Stick Roll)
Fried bread on an iron plate! Food stalls filled with history and resentment
Description
A hyper-local street food from Hangzhou. A thin wheat crepe wrapped around scallions and 'You Tiao' (fried dough stick). Placed on a griddle and violently smashed completely flat with an iron press while baking until crispy.
Restaurants serving Cong Bao Hui (Hangzhou Scallion and Dough Stick Roll)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Thin crepe(Spring roll skins work)
- You Tiao(Fried dough stick)
- Green scallion
- Sweet bean sauce
- Chili sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Crepe) Spread a watery wheat batter onto a round griddle to bake a paper-thin crepe (Chun Bing).
- Lay a few whole green scallions directly on the crepe, and top with half a 'You Tiao' (Chinese fried dough stick).
- Roll the crepe tightly around the scallions and dough stick into a cylinder.
- (The Smash Technique) Place it on an oiled griddle. Using a heavy iron press (or spatula), apply your entire body weight to violently 'SMASH' it down.
- Grill until the round dough stick is flattened completely, the scallion moisture steams out, and both sides are rock-crispy.
- Brush the exterior heavily with sweet bean sauce (Tianmianjiang) and chili sauce.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Roasted scallion aroma、Sweetness of bean sauce
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Wrap fried dough in spring roll skins and smash in a pan)
Pairing
Soy Milk / Longjing Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Hui' refers to Qin Hui, an infamous, treacherous chancellor of the Song Dynasty. Furious citizens mourned a hero he wrongly executed by 'smashing and grilling Qin Hui (symbolized by the fried dough) on an iron plate to eat him', giving this snack an intense historical origin.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Hold the piping hot, flattened crepe in a paper wrap and bite it while walking. Smashing it fuses the oil from the fried dough with the scallion aroma, creating an irresistible crispy-chewy texture.
Allergen
Wheat, Soybeans