Meigan Cai Flatbread
An oversized, wafer-thin flatbread baked against the oven wall, layered with savory preserved mustard greens and spice, shattering into crisp, smoky, umami-rich flakes.
Instructions
- 1
Soak the preserved mustard greens in water for two hours.
- 2
Add cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, five-spice powder, and salt to the minced meat and mix well.
- 3
Wash the scallions thoroughly and chop them.
- 4
Squeeze the water out of the soaked preserved mustard greens.
- 5
Add baking powder to the flour, slowly pour in water and stir into a flaky texture, then knead into a dough.
- 6
Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for a while.
- 7
Pour oil into the pan and heat it, then add the minced meat and stir-fry until cooked.
- 8
Pour in the chopped green onions and stir-fry evenly.
- 9
Pour in the preserved mustard greens and stir-fry.
- 10
Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, five-spice powder, salt, and sugar in order, stir-fry evenly, and set aside.
- 11
Knead the proofed dough into a smooth dough.
- 12
Roll into long strips and then cut into equal portions.
- 13
Each portion of dough is rolled into a sheet.
- 14
Put in the preserved mustard greens filling and shape it into a bun.
- 15
Flatten it, roll it into thin slices, as thin as possible, it doesn’t matter if the filling leaks out.
- 16
Brush oil on both sides and put it into the electric griddle.
- 17
Fry until both sides are golden brown.
- 18
Thin and crispy mei gan cai guokui.
- 19
Meigan cai flatbread.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Flourto taste
- Preserved mustard greensto taste
- minced pork bellyto taste
- Baking powderto taste
Auxiliary Ingredients
- scallionto taste
Seasonings
- cooking wineto taste
- light soy sauceto taste
- dark soy sauceto taste
- Oyster sauceto taste
- oilto taste
- Sugarto taste
- Saltto taste
- Five-spice powderto taste