How many calories in a scallion pancake
A scallion pancake has about 540 kcal, with 65 g of carbs.
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A scallion pancake, cong you bing, isn't a batter pancake at all. It's a dough rolled out, brushed with oil, scattered with spring onion, coiled up and rolled flat again, then pan fried so it comes apart in flaky layers.
One is 540 kcal, with 65 g of carbs, 26 g of fat and 10 g of protein. The flour is the carbs, the oil in the layers and in the pan is the fat.
Breakfast stalls in Taiwan often fry one with an egg and a sauce. That's extra, and very good.
Tips
- 1Share one, it's usually cut into wedges anyway.
- 2Pat it with a paper towel when it comes out of the pan.
- 3Have it next to a bowl of soup instead of as a meal on its own.
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Questions
What is cong you bing?
The Mandarin name for scallion pancake. Cong is spring onion, you is oil, bing is flatbread.
Why is a scallion pancake flaky?
The dough is brushed with oil, rolled into a coil and flattened again, which makes the layers.
How many calories in half a scallion pancake?
About 270 kcal.
Is a scallion pancake made with eggs?
The dough usually isn't, it's flour, water, oil and spring onion. Some stalls fry an egg onto it.
Is a frozen scallion pancake the same?
Close, but they're often thinner. Check the pack for the exact number.
