Cong you bing (; zh, s=, t=
蔥油餅, p=cōngyóubǐng, l=scallion oil pancake), also known as scallion pancake or green onion pancake, is a
Chinese savory ''
bing
Bing most often refers to:
* Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer
* Microsoft Bing, a web search engine
Bing may also refer to:
Food and drink
* Bing (bread), a Chinese flatbread
* Bing (soft drink), a UK brand
* Bing cherry, a varie ...
'' (flatbread) made with wheat dough and minced
scallion
Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus ''Allium''. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions. Their close relatives include garlic, shallots, leeks, chive ...
s (green onions).
The
unleavened dough is folded repeatedly into layers, with oil and green onions added between each layer. Then it is pan-fried, which gives it crisp edges and a chewy texture. Many layers make up the interior, contributing to its chewy texture. Variations exist on the basic method of preparation that incorporate other flavors and fillings.
Scallion pancakes are served both as a
street food
Street food is food sold by a Hawker (trade), hawker or vendor on a street or at another public place, such as a market, fair, or park. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
item and as a restaurant dish. They are also sold commercially, either fresh or
frozen in plastic packages (often in
Asian supermarket
In non-Asian countries, an Asian supermarket largely describes a category of grocery stores that focuses and stocks items and products imported from countries located in the Far East (e.g. East Asia, East, Southeast Asia, Southeast and South Asia ...
s).
Variations and ingredients
Other ingredients, such as chopped
fennel
Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized ...
greens and
sesame
Sesame (; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a plant in the genus '' Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for ...
seeds, are sometimes added with the green onions.
When using
garlic chives (''jiucai''), these pancakes are called ''jiucai bing'' (韭菜餅) or ''jiucai you bing'' (韭菜油餅).
In
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
, ''cong you bing'' is known as ( ), and it is a popular street food that is both baked and fried, rather than simply being fried like its Chinese counterpart.
In
Taiwanese cuisine
Taiwanese cuisine ( or ) is a popular style of food with several variations, including Chinese cuisine, Chinese and that of Taiwanese indigenous peoples, with the earliest cuisines known of being the indigenous ones. With over a hundred years of ...
, egg pancakes (蛋餅) are
sauteed with
egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the ...
coated on one side, with thinner, moister dough.
In
North America
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, the pancakes may be served with a dipping sauce including
soy sauce
Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of China, Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermentation (food), fermented paste of soybeans, roasted cereal, grain, brine, and ''Aspergillus oryzae'' or ''A ...
and
Chinkiang or
rice wine vinegar.
Gallery
File:Chinese chive pancakes, Jia Yan, 5 rue Humblot, Paris 001.jpg
File:Scallion pancakes.jpg
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File:Food (26032030696).jpg
File:Chive egg pancake.jpg, Taiwanese ''danbing'', with eggs and scallion
Similar dishes
Similar dishes in Chinese culture, and in other cultures, exist:
*China
:*
Laobing
:*
Shaobing
Shaobing ( zh, p=shāobǐng, w=shao-ping), also called huoshao, is a type of baked, unleavened, layered flatbread in northern Chinese cuisine. Shaobing can be made with or without stuffing, and with or without sesame on top. Shaobing contains a ...
*Elsewhere
:*''
Bánh xèo
''Bánh xèo'' (, ) is a crispy, stuffed rice pancake popular in Vietnam. The name refers to the sound (from ''xèo'' – 'sizzling') a thin layer of rice batter makes when it is poured into the hot skillet. It is a savoury fried pancake made of ...
'' (Vietnamese)
:* variant of
okonomiyaki (Japanese)
:*''Num pang chen'' (
Cambodian)
:*
Pajeon (Korean)
:*
Parotta
Parotta or porotta (Malayalam: പൊറോട്ട, Tamil: பரோட்டா) is a layered Indian flatbread made from refined flour, eggs and oil. It is commonly seen in South India, especially in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as w ...
(South Indian)
:*
Podpłomyk (Polish)
:*
Marase'e (Saudi Arabian)
:*
Murtabak (Saudi Arabian)
See also
*
List of Chinese dishes
This is a list of dishes in Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine comprises cuisines originating from Greater China, China, as well as from Overseas Chinese, Chinese people from other parts of the world. Because of the Chinese diaspora and the hi ...
*
List of onion dishes
This list consists of notable dishes and foods in which onion is used as a primary ingredient. Onions are widely used in cooking. They are very versatile and can be baked, boiled, braised, grilled, fried, roasted, sautéed or eaten raw.
Onion ...
*
List of pancakes
This is a list of notable pancakes. A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter (cooking), batter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. In Britain, pancakes are often leavening agent, ...
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