Scallion Pancakes

If you haven't already guessed, I'm an avid baker. So one of the few things that I had excess around my house is flour; cake flour, bread flour, wheat flour and the ever so popular all-purpose flour. Surprisingly scallion pancakes doesn't require a lot of ingredients. All the recipe calls for:

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of all-purpose flour

- 3/4 cups of boiling water

- 1 teaspoon kosher salt

- one bundle of scallion (5-6 stalks)

- vegetable oil and/or sesame oil 

I changed the recipe just a little by adding sesame oil onto the dough after the first roll out and the second along with the scallions. I wanted my scallion pancakes to have a more defined sesame oil taste. But when I go to pan fry it, I just used regular vegetable oil. And if you're feeling even fancier, you can add sea salt flakes in between each roll out as well, but I didn't have any around the house, and for this meal I was really focusing on using what I had lying around. I was working with a super small budget and was only able to afford three bundles of scallions, which only cost me $2. I can make three meals of scallion pancakes with just two dollars! I'm impressed as well. I can't believe it took me this long to realize how much I could be saving for our meals. 

If you're like me, a visual learner, then I've found the absolute perfect video to help you make your very own super flaky crispy scallion pancakes! Here's a video by Angel Wong showing you step by step how to make the scallion pancakes. And here is the printable instructions from her website. 

If you decide to try this recipe out, leave a picture or comment below. I love cooking with friends!