Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Taiwan Street Food: Zhua Bing

One of the things I everyone misses most about Taiwan is the food. My absolute favorite thing to eat there is Zhua bing. It's a street food item that you can find almost anywhere but the best is on Yong Kang Jie.. Essentially it is a green onion pancake/puff pastry that is fluffed up with two spatulas during the frying process. You can have it plain but the best way and the way I have it is topped with an egg, soy sauce paste and sriracha! Here is my version of Taiwan's oh SO delicious Zhua Bing! Make it for your taiwanese moms, they'll love you for bringing them back to the motherland.. Mine did :)
Pull Apart Pancake/Pastry (Zhua Bing)

Ingredients:
Cooking oil
Springfield Roti Paratha 
1 egg
Green onion chopped
Soy Sauce Paste
Sriracha

Directions:
1. Heat a flat non stick pan with oil on high heat.
2. Scramble the egg and add chopped green onion, set aside.
3. Cook one side for a minute or until slightly browned then flip it over and reduce heat to medium. After 30 seconds, use two spatulas and begin squeezing together the sides of the pancake to fluff it up. ** the motion is similar to how you would toss a salad**
4. Remove the pancake and set aside briefly, pour egg mixture in the same pan and immediately top it with the pancake. Cook for about a minute and flip it over egg side up.
5. Brush sriracha and soy sauce paste on half of the egg and fold the pancake in half. Serve while it's still hot!

1 comment:

  1. never heard of the fluffed up green onion pancake but it looks good with the eggs + hot sauce.

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