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Scallion Pancakes

From@divannacooks
chinesevegetarianappetizer

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour (dough)
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt (dough)
  • 1 teaspoon sunflower oil or other neutral oil, plus a little more for resting (dough)
  • 1 cup lukewarm water, a touch under (dough)
  • 1 teaspoon salt (seasoning paste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper (seasoning paste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn powder (seasoning paste)
  • 2 tablespoons heated neutral oil (seasoning paste)
  • 1.5 tablespoons all-purpose flour (seasoning paste)
  • 2–3 stalks scallion

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Method

Water is eyeballed in the source — start just under 1 cup and adjust for texture.
  1. Mix the flour, salt, oil, and lukewarm water into a dough, knead, and rest it lightly oiled.
  2. Stir the seasoning paste ingredients together and chop the scallions.
  3. Roll the dough out, brush with the paste, scatter scallions, and roll into a spiral.
  4. Cut the spiral into pieces, roll each into a circle, and stack into a ball.
  5. Roll the ball flat and cook in a cast iron skillet until golden brown.