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Chive Pancakes (Jiucai Hezi)

This is my iteration on this classic Chinese street "pancake"
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Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients
  

Dough

Filling

  • 4 Beaten Eggs
  • ½ tsp Sea Salt
  • 8 ounces Garlic Chives: I mix these as follows, ¼ Garlic shoots (scrapes), ½ Chinese Chives, ¼ Regular Chives, chop in fine slices
  • 1-2 Garlic cloves finely minced or pressed
  • 1 TBSP Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1 tsp 5-spice powder
  • 1 tsp Hot pepper oil
  • 1 tsp Honey

Assembly and Cooking

  • Peanut oil or equivalent for frying the packets.
  • ½+ cup water or chicken broth (home made if possible)

Instructions
 

Dough

  • Mix together well the flour and salt.
  • Add the water and mix by hand until you have a nice dough ball.
  • Add water or flour if the dough is a little too dry or too wet.
  • Place the dough in an oiled bowl and set aside for 30 minutes, covered with plastic wrap.

Filling

  • Make sure the eggs are well beaten and scrambled. Cook in a fry pan, and when done set aside. When cool chop fine.
  • Place the chives and garlic shoots, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, 5-spice powder, hot pepper oil, honey and eggs in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.

Assembly and cooking

  • Take the dough out of the bowl and place on a floured board. Roll the dough into a cylinder. Flatten with a rolling pin thin enough to enter a pasta maker on the zero setting.
  • Using the pasta maker roll the dough to the 3rd setting, and large enough across to take a 3 or 4 inch cookie cutter.
  • Cut out 4 inch rounds (or smaller is you wish). Place a round on a floured surface and add 2 TBPS of filling. wet the edges, and place another 4 inch round on top, sealing the edges.
  • Place 2 TBPS of peanut oil or similar oil in a fry pan, and heat until shimmering.
  • Place the prepared packets and fry until golden brown on both sides.
  • If you are going to freeze these, or set in the refrigerator for a few days, don't steam them. Steam them just before serving, which will both heat them up and soften the dough. If frozen, thaw before steaming.
  • Pour ¼ cup water, or chicken broth in the pan, cover the pan and steam for about 3-4 minutes. Serve!
Keyword Chinese chives, Chives, garlic chives, Savory pancakes
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