Chinese springonion cakes recipe

Chinese Springonion Cakes recipe

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About this recipe

In this blog post I will guide you thru the steps and ingredients needed to craft this recipe. Grab your favorite apron and let's start.
Chinese spring onion cakes are a delicious and savory street food that originated in China. Made with a simple dough, filled with chopped spring onions, and pan-fried until golden and crispy, these cakes are a popular snack or appetizer. The combination of the flaky exterior and the fragrant spring onions creates a mouthwatering treat that is both satisfying and flavorful. Whether enjoyed on their own or dipped in a tangy sauce, these Chinese spring onion cakes are sure to be a hit at any gathering or as a quick snack.

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Chinese springonion cakes recipe details

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Ingredients

275 g	flour
175 ml	boiling water
2 tbsp	cold water
1 tsp	sesame oil
½ tsp	sea salt
50 g	butter, very soft
200 g	spring onion, chopped
some	oil, for frying

Instructions

In a bowl mix the flour with the boiling water; it gets slightly crumbly. Then add the cold water and the sesame oil.

Knead to a dough and let rest for 1 hour. Now knead the dough again, form into a sausage and cut into 6 pieces. Roll each piece into a round roll, then flatten with the rolling pin into a disk approx 15 cm in diameter.

Brush the disks with the soft butter, sprinkle with sea-salt and springonion and roll them up. Now you have again a sausage form; now roll them up from each side to the middle. Flatten slightly with the rolling pin to approximately 1 cm thickness. Now fry them in little oil until brown.

Note:
You can also flatten the rolled up cakes to very thin disks again and fry them that way. They will be very crisp and be similar to the Indian breads.

About the recipe:
These Springonion cakes are sold all over China on moving street kitchens. Every town has a different recipe and I have found one.


Preparation time:
ca. 30 min
Resting time:
ca. 1 hr
Grade of difficulty:
medium
Calories per portion:
n/a