Irene Kuo

Chinese Pancakes

薄餅

Preparation info
  • Makes

    30

    pancakes.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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top 1000The Key to Chinese Cooking
The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

  • About

These are an important accessory in Chinese cooking. They are a must for quite a few excellent dishes, such as Peking Duck, Mo-shu Pork, and Beef with Leeks.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 3 tablespoons

Method

Measure the flour into a large bowl and add the boiling water gradually as you stir with chopsticks or a wooden spoon until the mixture resembles lumpy meal. Press the mass into a large ball.

Dust your work surface with flour and turn the dough out onto it. Knead it, pushing with the heels of your hands and turning it, for 5 minutes, until it is no longer sticky. Dust lightly with flour