Fried pancake is a common staple food in Hebei, Beijing and surrounding areas. It's not difficult to make; simply cut the cooked pancake into thin strips or shreds, then stir-fry with other ingredients. Depending on the additional ingredients used, it can be made as a vegetarian or meat version, both of which are very popular.
Complete Recipe: Vegetarian Fried Pancake
Ingredients Needed
1 baked pancake, 150 grams of chicken feather vegetables (a type of green vegetable), 1 sausage, 2 peppers, 2 cloves of garlic, appropriate amounts of oil, salt, soy sauce, and MSG.
Steps
1. Cut the prepared baked pancake into strips, slice the sausage into strips, and wash and prepare the chicken feather vegetables.
2. Chop the garlic and slice the peppers.
3. Heat oil in a pan, when it reaches about 50% heat, add the garlic and peppers and stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Add the chicken feather vegetables and stir-fry until they are about 70% cooked, then add the pancake strips and sausage, stirring quickly.
5. Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and an appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry, and finally add the MSG and stir evenly before serving.
Tips
1. In this fried pancake recipe, all three ingredients cook easily, so stir-fry quickly to prevent the pancake from sticking to the pan.
2. The pancake strips already have a salty taste, so add salt in moderation.
Complete Recipe: Home-Style Pork Fried Pancake
Ingredients Needed
Half a kilogram of baked pancake, half a head of round cabbage, 100 grams of pork loin, 100 grams of mung bean sprouts, a little scallion, a little Sichuan pepper, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce, 3 red peppers, cooking wine, vinegar, starch, chicken essence, and sesame oil, each in appropriate amounts.
Steps
1. Wash the pork loin and cut it into strips.
2. Marinate the pork strips with cooking wine, salt, and cornstarch. Cut the baked pancake into strips, shred the round cabbage, slice the small peppers, mince the scallions, and crush the garlic. Rinse and prepare the bean sprouts.
3. Heat oil in a pan and when the oil reaches about 40% heat, add the pork strips and quickly spread them out. Cook briefly until they change color, then remove and set aside for later use.
4. Leave a little oil in the pan, add Sichuan pepper and stir-fry until fragrant. Turn down the heat, sauté the scallion, then add the bean sprouts and round cabbage and stir-fry. When the vegetables start to wilt, add the pork strips and continue to stir-fry.
5. Mix minced garlic, scallions, and sliced peppers with salt, vinegar, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, and chicken essence to make a sauce. Pour the sauce into the pan.
6. Stir everything together, then add the sliced baked pancake and stir until well combined. Turn off the heat when done.
How to Make Delicious Fried Pancake: Green Pepper and Tomato Fried Pancake
Ingredients Needed
200 grams of multigrain small pancakes, appropriate amounts of oil, salt, and garlic, 1 tomato, 2 green peppers.
Steps
1. Wash and slice the tomatoes and green peppers. Cut the pancakes into strips. Crush the garlic.
2. Heat an appropriate amount of oil in a pan, add the green peppers, and stir-fry until they change color. Add salt for seasoning, then set aside.
3. Heat oil again, add the garlic and tomatoes, and stir-fry. Season with salt.
4. Cook the tomatoes until they release their juice, then add the pancakes and simmer for a while, adding water as needed. Once done, add the previously stir-fried green peppers.
5. Stir-fry evenly and serve.
Tips
1. There is no restriction on the type of pancake used in this recipe; any type of pancake can be used, paired with different ingredients depending on preference.
2. Frying the pancake makes it more flavorful than simply reheating it in a microwave or steamer.