Jian Bing at Home
I have never had this dish before but I am craving it oddly enough. Has anyone atttempted to recreate this Chinese street eat at home?
What would be an acceptable subsitute for the Youtiao?
Is it worth grinding up millet to get flour for a truly authentic taste?
Many thanks.
kare_raisu
Dec 06, 2006 04:23PM
Can you describe what you mean by jian bing? I'm confused because to me, a jian bing (pan fried "cake" or "pancake") is actually more like a giant dumpling that's fried til crispy on both sides. It looks like a large BBQ pork bun but has a thin fried skin instead of a thick steamed bread outside.
But then you mention youtiao, a long thick deep fried cruller (Chinese doughnut, if you will).
The two usually don't go together. If, instead, you mean SAO bing, those are more like meat sandwiches that often include a youtiao in them.
Permalink | Reply
It is a pancake with egg and hot bean paste that sometimes is wrapped around a youtiao --cruller.
Permalink | Reply
Not exactly a you tiao, but similar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIw_XW...
Try making it without a you tiao, it's still good if you add in pickled veggies and so on.
Permalink | Reply
I don't think its a you tio cruller. I think its something more crispy.
Permalink | Reply
Yeah I know but I was trying to give Pei an idea of what the pancake is like.
I have tried frozen dan bing skins which are okay but not very good. Another time I used uncooked refrigerated flour tortillas from Costco to make it, but it's a bit too thick. But it did work great for cong you bing - green onion pancakes.
Permalink | Reply
I was able to find mung bean flour at Korean Pusan Market (Oakland California), I think they might have millet flour there too. If that's the case you will be able to make jian-bing at home.
I found a recipe on a Chinese website and it calls for 3 parts cornstarch, 2 parts millet flour and 1 part mung bean flour mixed with water. Gary Soup has a picture tutorial on his website as well http://www.eatingchinese.org/jbtutor/... it is in Chinese. Though his recipe is more of a crepe recipe which calls for 50 grams of flour and 10 grams of cornstarch, mix with egg and water.
The hot sauce schmear consists of hoising sauce, hot bean paste and satay sauce or Chinese BBQ sauce with chopped green onions.
Permalink | Reply