Chinese pancake

Chinese pancake
A green onion pancake (cong you bing)

Chinese pancakes are pancakes are a type of thin flat Bǐng found in Chinese cuisine. They may be either savory or sweet, and are generally made with dough rather than batter. They include the following:

  • Bao bing (薄饼), a variety of thin pancake
  • Bing (饼), the generic Chinese term for disc-shaped flatbreads
  • Green onion pancake (葱油饼), a salty, unleavened flatbread whose dough contains oil and minced scallions (green onions).
  • Laobing (烙饼), an unleavened flatbread made from wheat flour
  • Jian bing (煎饼), a thin, fried egg pancake similar to a crepe

See also

  • Moo shu pork, wrapped in a "moo shu pancake" (a thin wrapper made from wheat flour)
  • Oyster omelette, made from eggs, starch, and oysters
  • Peking duck, wrapped in a "Mandarin pancake" (a thin wrapper made from wheat flour)
  • Popiah, a spring roll wrapped in a crepe-like skin made from wheat flour or rice flour

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