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Korean tacos (Chinese pancakes)

8th November, 2022

Korean tacos (Chinese pancakes)

Ingredients:

Dough:

600 g white wheat flour

2 ½ dl boiling water

1 ½ dl cold water

1 tsp salt

Lamination:

4 spring onions finely chopped (all parts)

1 ½ dl wheat flour

1 dl oil (Sunflower, Canola, Rapeseed, mild olive oil)

½ dl sesame oil

1 tsp salt

Filling:

Mix together:

1 dl grated cabbage, carrot and leek (Coleslaw) mix

1 dl Alfafa sprouts or any other micro-greens

1 ½ tbl Hoisin sauce

1 dl cold sliced chicken or roast pork or cubes of Tofu

Method:

Measure the flour into a basin and using a fork, stir in the boiling water (the boiling water helps break down the wheat proteins). Add the cold water and salt and continue to stir into a dryish dough ball. Kneed the dough for several minutes until it is of an even consistency. Place in an airtight container and rest for 2 hrs (the dough will keep up to three days like this in the fridge).

Mix the laminating oils with the flour and salt.

Divide the dough into halves, roll into "sausages" and divide each roll into 6 equal sized pieces. (As you work on the dough pieces, keep the remainder in the airtight container to prevent them from drying out).

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough pieces into rectangles as thinly as you can. If the dough sticks, use a smear of oil on the board - but don't use flour. Spread 1 ½ tbl of the laminating oil/flour over the rolled dough and sprinkle with ½ tbl of the spring onions.

Starting from one of the long edges, roll the dough into a many layered "sausage" then starting at one end, roll up the sausage like a Katherine wheel. Using a rolling pin, roll out the wheel to approximately 3 mm thick rounds.

Fry the  rounds, one at a time in a little oil, until golden on both sides.

Fold the rounds into halves, forming a taco and fill with a mixture of the filling ingredients.

The tacos can be frozen at the stage just before frying, separating rounds with layers of baking parchment. Fry the tacos from frozen rather than defrosting them.