Description
The supreme street food originating in Tianjin, now dominating breakfast carts across Northern China including Beijing. A chewy crepe made of mung bean flour is coated with a cracked egg and sweet-spicy sauce, then wrapped around a 'paper-thin, shatteringly crispy fried cracker' (Bao Cui / Guozi). A one-handed marvel of textural contrast.
Restaurants serving Jianbing Guozi (Tianjin Savory Crepe)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Mung bean flour
- Eggs
- Bao Cui(crispy fried cracker)
- Sweet bean sauce
- Fermented tofu
- Scallion
- Coriander
- Black sesame
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Batter) Orthodox Tianjin style uses 'mung bean flour' slurry instead of wheat for a unique roasted aroma.
- Pour batter onto a flat circular griddle. Use a T-shaped wooden spreader to rapidly swirl it into a paper-thin crepe.
- Crack 1-
- raw eggs on top and spread evenly with the tool.
- Before the egg sets, scatter black sesame, scallions, and cilantro.
- Use a massive spatula to confidently flip the entire crepe.
- Heavily brush the cooked side with a sauce blending sweet bean sauce, fermented tofu, and chili sauce.
- [Texture Secret]: Place 'Bao Cui' (a giant, paper-thin, shatteringly crispy fried cracker) directly in the center.
- Fold the crepe around the cracker into a square packet, chop in half, and serve in a paper bag.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet-spiciness of sweet bean sauce and roasted aroma of mung bean dough、緑豆生地の香ばしさ
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Substitute with JP crepe, sweet miso, and potato chips for crunch
Pairing
Warm Soy Milk / Dou Fu Nao(Tofu soup)
Trivia
'Guozi' means fried dough. Tianjin locals have an insane pride in this dish. A famous internet meme states that adding un-orthodox ingredients like sausages or lettuce, or using non-mung bean flour, will provoke a Tianjin local's furious wrath: 'That is NOT Jianbing Guozi!'
Eating tips & etiquette
Take a massive bite right out of the paper bag while piping hot. Following the 'chew' of the outer crepe and the egg aroma, the inner cracker shatters with a satisfying 'CRASH!'. The sweet-savory miso sauce ties everything together, boasting the world's highest perfection for a walking breakfast.
Allergen
Eggs, Wheat, Soybeans, Sesame