Jianbing
Jianbing, from above
Non vegEggTianjin

Jianbing

China's favourite street breakfast: a crisp, saucy, eggy crepe folded around a crunch.

30 minTime
17 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Breakfast from a street cart2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThin crepe with egg, sauces and a crisp cracker, folded on the griddle.
The original
361kcalsame
17 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
30minutessame

Jianbing guozi, street style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

2 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup
Moong dal (split yellow mung beans)3 tbsp, ground to a fine flour
Water⅔ cup
Salta pinch
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp
Egg2
Sesame seeds1 tsp, black or white
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, chopped
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped
Hoisin sauce1 tbsp plus 1 tsp (or sweet bean sauce)
Red chilli sauce1 tbsp
Urad papad2 papads, roasted (stands in for the fried cracker)
Lettuce2 leaves

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Whisk the flour, ground moong, water and salt into a thin, pourable batter. Rest 10 minutes.
  2. 2Heat a wide tawa, wipe with oil, pour a ladle of batter and spread thin in a circle.
  3. 3Crack an egg on top, break the yolk and spread it over the crepe. Scatter sesame, spring onion and coriander.
  4. 4Flip. Brush with hoisin and chilli sauce.
  5. 5Lay the papad and lettuce on top, fold the sides in and then in half again. Serve hot.
Serve it like this

Fold into a neat parcel, wrap in paper and eat standing up, or cut in half on a plate with soy milk or hot tea alongside.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Jianbing: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Sichuan chilli oil30 min
On the side Chinese steamed egg20 min
A little snack Chinese tea eggs60 min
To drink Doujiang40 min
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