Green Onion Pancake
homemade flakey and savory green onion pancake.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 596kcal
Ingredients
Green Onion Pancakes
- 2½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup hot water
- ½ cup room temperature water
- 1-2 green onions
- 1-3 stalks of garlic chives
- 2 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon per pancake
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil or neutral oil for frying each pancake
Oil Mixture
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ cup flour
Instructions
Knead dough
- Combine flour, hot water, and room temperature water in a bowl. Mix ingredients gently and start kneading the dough.
- Knead dough for 2 minutes to let the gluten rest. Rest dough in bowl with damp towel for minimum of 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Slice the green onions and garlic chives by cutting them in small pieces.
Prep the oil mixture
- Add flour, olive oil, and sesame oil to saucepan. Heat saucepan to low-medium heat and stir well for 3-4 minutes until smooth and shiny. Make sure there are no clumps of flour.
Form green onion pancake
- Continue to knead the dough until it's smooth. Then, take out dough and split in four sections. Keep the rest of the dough under the damp towel.
- Flour the surface and start rolling out one piece of dough until it is ¼ inch thin. Add oil mixture (2-3 tablespoon) you prepared in step 4 on the flatten dough.
- Add salt (½ teaspoon for every pancake) to the dough. Sprinkle a nice layer of green onions and chives.
- Roll the dough as tightly as you can in horizontal position (reference video or photos in the blog post). Pinch the ends shut. Then roll the dough in vertical position. Also pinch the ends shut. It should look like a cinnamon roll. This is how the flakey layers are formed!
- Gently flatten the dough by rolling it out without pressing too hard to squeeze out the onions. After rolling, the pancake should be flat.
Fry the pancake
- For every pancake, add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Fry the green onion pancake on medium heat until golden brown. This should take 7-8 minutes on each side. Note: The second side might take less time to fry depending on your stove. Hope you enjoy!
Video
Notes
Expert tips -
- When you're rolling out the dough and it's hard to flatten, wait a few minutes for the gluten to relax. Once relaxed, you can roll out the dough easier and quicker.
- The more oil you use to fry the green onion pancake, the crispier it will become!
- Optional but recommended, serve with some sliced beef and hoisin sauce for the ultimate green onion pancake!
Nutrition
Calories: 596kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Sodium: 1166mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 5mg