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One of my favorite dishes to order from any Chinese restaurant is scallion pancakes. They’re crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and packed with the fresh, savory flavor of green onions.

Pour oil to a depth of 1/8 inch in a cast-iron skillet; heat over medium until shimmering. Working in batches of 3, spoon 1/4 cup potato mixture for each pancake into hot oil.

Fill and fry them like a scallion pancake, and it’s no wonder why they’re spot-on. How to make simple scallion pancakes. You only need three ingredients to get it done, and a hot, oily frying pan.

Gaw learned to make scallion pancakes in Cincinnati with his grandmother, who had first emigrated from China to Taiwan in the late 1940s, before moving to the States with his family.

Liu lives in Washington, D.C., now, but said she can still picture walking down the stairs in the family's Delaware home to see her father standing in front of the stove.

Chinese Scallion (Green Onion) Pancakes (Original Recipe) INGREDIENTS. For dough: 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for work surface. 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening. 1 cup boiling water.