High-Water, Pure Hot-Water Dough, Easy-to-Handle, Extra-Soft Spring Pancake Single-Layer Water-Baked Flatbread
Chinese recipe for high-moisture, pure scalded dough, easy-to-make extra-soft spring pancake (single-layer water-steamed pancake), featuring all-purpose flour, salt, boiling water, and cooking oil.
Ingredients
all-purpose flour
500g
salt
5g
boiling water
450g
cooking oil
50g
Instructions
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Step 1
Weigh 500g of all-purpose flour into the mixing bowl, add 5g of salt, and pour in 450g of boiling water
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Step 2
Immediately stir with chopsticks to form dough flakes
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Step 3
Let it cool down slightly, then knead by hand into a smooth dough. Because it is boiling water, even though the water-to-flour ratio reaches 0.9:1, the flour still has strong water absorption, so it can form a dough rather than a thin batter
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Step 4
Divide into 60g dough portions, round them, lightly coat the surface with a thin layer of oil, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest for 15 minutes
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Step 5
Take two dough portions and flatten them with the heel of your palm
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Step 6
Stack the two dough pieces together, and spread a layer of oil on the contact surfaces (you can also apply a thin layer of oil paste—50g oil mixed with 30g flour into a runny paste) to make it easier to peel them apart after cooking
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Step 7
Lightly dust the kneading mat with flour so that, when using a tapered rolling pin, the pancake will rotate on its own. Note: To make the top and bottom pancakes roughly the same size after rolling, first roll the dough into a circle about 10 cm in diameter, then flip it and continue rolling it larger
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Step 8
Finally, roll it into a circle 25 cm in diameter
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Step 9
Preheat a flat pan briefly; no need to oil it, just place the dough in directly
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Step 10
Cover with a lid and cook on medium heat for 1 minute
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Step 11
When you see large bubbles form on the surface, quickly flip it
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Step 12
Cover with the lid and cook for another minute. Cook until both sides are golden brown with patterns
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Step 13
After cooking, wait until it is no longer too hot to handle, find the seam between the two pancakes, peel them apart, and you can roll up anything inside
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Step 14
The cooked pancakes need to be stacked immediately to keep them extra soft. Place them in a bag or a covered container to prevent them from drying out
