Chinese · 90 min · Medium
Cong You Bing — Chinese Scallion Pancakes
China's savoury, flaky street snack: an unleavened dough rolled with oil and a blizzard of scallions, then coiled, flattened and pan-fried until shatteringly crisp and golden outside with chewy, layered, oniony insides. The trick to those famous flaky layers is the roll-coil-and-flatten technique that laminates oil through the dough. Cong you bing is quick, cheap and deeply moreish — torn into wedges and dipped in a soy-vinegar sauce, hot from the pan.