Scallion Flatbread (葱香烧饼)

葱香烧饼

Scallion Flatbread (葱香烧饼) — Northern Chinese Home CookingBeijing (English) home cooking.

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Scallions (green part only)
• Lard or sesame oil
• Warm water
• Salt
• White sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Make dough: mix flour, salt, lard and warm water. Knead 5 minutes. Rest 15 minutes. (Dough should be smooth and slightly elastic)
2. Make scallion oil: mix finely chopped scallions with hot lard (should sizzle). Add pinch of salt. (Scallions should turn bright green and fragrant immediately)
3. Roll dough into rectangle. Spread scallion oil evenly. Roll up tightly like log. (Roll should be tight — loose roll = flat bread not flaky)
4. Cut into 4 pieces. Stretch each, coil into snail shape, flatten. (Coil should be tight spiral with visible layers)
5. Brush water, press sesame. Bake at 200°C for 15-18 minutes until golden. (Bottom should be deep golden brown)