Even though it is often referred to as the Chinese meat pie, xianbing is, in fact, more similar to an over-sized, seared jiaozi-style dumpling. Both are made with the same, basic flour-and-water dough, except the one for xianbing is layered before being rolled out, and unlike jiaozi dumplings which are steamed, xianbings are pan-fried.
Chinese Beef Meat Pie (馅饼 – Xiàn Bǐng)
Course: AppetizersCuisine: ChineseDifficulty: Medium4
servings20
minutes10
minutes203
kcal30
minutesEven though it is often referred to as the Chinese meat pie, xianbing is, in fact, more similar to an over-sized, seared jiaozi-style dumpling. Both are made with the same, basic flour-and-water dough, except the one for xianbing is layered before being rolled out, and unlike jiaozi dumplings which are steamed, xianbings are pan-fried.
Ingredients
- Filling
300 g beef , with 15% to 20% fat
2 large scallion , finely chopped
1/2 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 green onions
1 thumb ginger , sliced
1 tbsp. light soy sauce
Pinch of fresh ground pepper
1 egg
1 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tbsp. sesame oil
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. Shaoxing cooking wine
1/2 middle size white onion
- For the dough
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup hot water over 90℃
60 ml room temperature water , plus 10ml more for adjusting
1 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
pinch of salt
Directions
- Beef filling
- Add beef, ginger, scallion, salt, sugar, Sichuan peppercorn powder and white pepper powder. Blend 10 seconds. Add egg, light soy sauce, sesame oil, Shaoxing wine and oyster sauce. Blend for another 10 seconds. Stir the filling by hand for minutes until sticky.
- Spread large scallion white on top and then drizzle around 2 tablespoons of hot oil. Mix in chopped white onion. Mix well, cover and set in fridge. For beginners, I recommend set the filling until slightly hardened. The filling is for 2 batches, 20 pancakes. However the dough is for 10 pancakes each time. If you want to use all of the filling once, double the dough.
- Dough
- Add salt in all purpose flour and then add hot water firstly. Gently stir the hot water in. And stir in cold water too. Roughly knead to form a dough. No need to be smooth. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Re-knead the dough, it should be smooth very quickly. Cut into 50g portions (10 pancakes from this batch) and then roll out to wrapper. Seal it completely. Avoid the edges meeting the filling, otherwise the sealing work is hard to complete.
- Frying
- Place the pancakes in a pan with oil, slightly press the center so the bottom can contact with the pan in better ways.
- Heat until the side becomes crispy. Then turn over and fry the other side. Once the two side becomes well browned, slow down the fire and over with lid and let the pancake heat for another 3-5 minutes. This can further cook the inside part and make sure the inner part is well cooked too. Then remove the lid and heat both side for another 30 seconds separately until the surface turn crispy again.
- Transfer to oil paper to remove extra oil and enjoy!! Meat pies are always a little bit salty, so make sure you match it with some light and healthy vegetable soup.
