There are many childhood favorites that I'm sure follows everyone like their shadow as they grow up, and for me, Chinese Scallion Pancakes are one of them. It's a kind of flatbread made with dough, minced scallions and oil. The dough is rolled out, brushed with oil and sprinkled with minced scallions, rolled up jelly-style, then coiled into a ball, and finally rolled out once again into a flat pancake and cooked in a pan.
You are sure to find them on just about any Shanghainese restaurant menu. You can also find them readily available in the refrigerated sections of Chinese supermarkets as pancakes and also as white steamed buns.
The Chinese translation for these pancakes is literally "Scallion Oil Pancake", but my mom can't consume a lot of fat, whether healthy or not, so I took it upon myself to make some homemade ones, and she sure did love it! My family likes to eat it with sweet teriyaki soy sauce, but I'm sure your favorite dipping sauce would be fine.
I found the perfect recipe at Love and Oil Olive and I wouldn't change a thing, so do give them a visit!
I've always adored these scallion pancakes - but the places that I get them at all make them really oily... When I get the ingredients, I think I'll make them to surprise my parents because it's one of their favorite things to munch on. :)
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