Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Green Onion Pancakes

GOP

Love, love, love green onion pancakes. The best of course are the ones sold from street vendors in Taiwan. Just wanted to give this a try and see how home-made green pancakes taste.

Green Onion Pancakes

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cups boiling water
1/4 cup cold water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons oil or other fat substitute
1 bunch of green onions finely sliced

Directions
Mix flour, salt and boilng water together. When cooled, add cold water and knead dough until elastic. Let the dough rest for 1 hour.

Cut dough into small pieces. Roll one piece out on a floured surface into a square. Sprinkle green onions on top and roll. Curl the dough like a snail and flatten with the rolling pin. Fry in pan until golden brown.

As you can see, it sounds simple enough. One guy even has a video on it. Too much trouble to make it again though - better off getting it at the nearest Taiwanese restaurant or in the frozen section of your neighborhood 99 Ranch.