Jianbing

Name: Jianbing
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Batter: 60g wheat flour, 40g mung bean or millet flour, 150ml water; 2 eggs per crêpe; Sweet bean sauce (tianmianjiang) and chilli sauce; Crispy fried wonton sheets or youtiao; Spring onion and coriander, chopped; Black sesame seeds

煎饼果子/jyen-BING gwo-zuh/

Also known as: Jianbing Guozi, Chinese Breakfast Crepe

About this dish

A thin crêpe cooked with egg and spread with sauces, wrapped around a crisp fried cracker, spring onion and coriander.

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Ingredients

🌾Batter: 60g wheat flour, 40g mung bean or millet flour, 150ml water

🥚2 eggs per crêpe

🫙Sweet bean sauce (tianmianjiang) and chilli sauce

🍘Crispy fried wonton sheets or youtiao

🌿Spring onion and coriander, chopped

🌾Black sesame seeds

Method

Serves 4

Spread a ladle of batter thinly over a large, lightly oiled pan.

Crack the eggs on top, spread them over the crêpe and sprinkle with sesame, spring onion and coriander.

When set, flip and brush with bean sauce and chilli sauce.

Lay the crisp cracker in the middle and fold the crêpe around it.

Cut in half and eat while hot and crisp.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Jianbing guozi is one of northern China's most popular street breakfasts, made to order on round griddles, especially in Tianjin.

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