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Scallion Pancakes With Chili-Ginger Dipping Sauce

scallion pancakes piled on a plate with small bowl of chiliginger dipping sauce
Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Elizabeth Jaime, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou

These pancakes get their light texture from a batter made with club soda. Pressing hard on them when frying makes them crisp.

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Ingredients

4 servings

Sauce:

1 (½") piece ginger, peeled, thinly sliced
2汤匙。low-sodium soy sauce
2汤匙。未成熟的米醋
1 tsp. chili oil
1 tsp. sugar

Pancakes and assembly:

1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup cornstarch
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 cup chilled club soda
2 tsp. low-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp. toasted sesame oil
10 scallions, thinly sliced on a diagonal (about 2 cups)
4 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  1. Sauce:

    Step 1

    Whisk ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and sugar in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved. Set sauce aside.

  2. Pancakes and assembly:

    Step 2

    Whisk flour, cornstarch, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk club soda, soy sauce, and sesame oil in a medium bowl to combine, then pour into dry ingredients and whisk until smooth (be careful not to overmix; it’s okay if there are a few small lumps). Fold in scallions.

    Step 3

    Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high. Pour ¼ cup batter into skillet. Cook, moving pan around on the burner for even cooking, until bottom of pancake is set and golden, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook, pressing down on pancake to create direct contact with pan, until other side is golden, about 1 minute. Continue cooking, turning often to keep scallions from burning, until golden brown and crisp and cooked through, about 5 minutes longer. Transfer pancake to a wire rack. Repeat process with remaining batter and remaining 3 Tbsp. oil 3 more times to make a total of 4 pancakes.

    Step 4

    Cut each pancake into wedges if desired and serve with reserved sauce on the side for dipping.

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  • These were thick, doughy slabs. They exemplified pancakes' worst attributes, with no redeeming factors. Keep googling, folks. There must be dozens of better recipes out there.

    • ffran

    • VT

    • 3/13/2021

  • The sauce is fantastic but the pancakes were dense, even with the club soda. Saving for the sauce recipe.

    • bubbasrb

    • Atlanta

    • 10/2/2020

  • I've made this often and it's easy and excellent. I've used sparkling water when I can't get club soda. Great recipe.

    • jb9538

    • Cape Town, South Africa

    • 7/27/2020

  • I don't have club (or any) soda but would like to try the recipe. Why is it included and what could be used instead? baking soda? On a similar topic, this happens frequently with recipes I've seen listed by Epi and other recipe sites. I usually just ignore or substitute where I can, but its ridiculous under current circumstances--hard enough to get the basics.

    • kathleenmacd

    • tn

    • 6/12/2020

  • These tasted really good, especially with the sauce. The pancakes however, did not crisp up much and they remained a little doughy in the middle. This sauce though tasted amazing, I added ketchup instead of sugar for more depth and it took away some saltiness since I did not have any low sodium soy sauce. Overall I liked them, but next time I would definitely make them thinner or use a really hot, different pan (or something) to really get a crisp and crunch.

    • averygross126828

    • Pittsburgh, PA

    • 5/26/2020

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