Scallion Pancakes with Dipping Sauce

Since I had some left-over scallions from last night's dumplings, I decided to make my brother Alex a snack he has always liked, Scallion Pancakes. These are very common in most Chinese restaurants and it is a very simple list of ingredients: dough, water and scallion. Very simple and yet delicious!.

Scallion Pancakes

2 cups flour

1 cup boiling water

1/2 cup scallions

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp salt and pepper

Dipping Sauce

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup vinegar

1 clove chopped garlic

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp red pepper flakes

Directions

1) combine boiling water and flour, knead until combined

2) take 1/4 of the dough and roll out into a rectangle

3) Place scallions in dough, spread around, roll it up into a log shape and then into a pinwheel type shape

4) Flatten pinwheel of dough into a thin disk, around 1/2 inch

5) fry in a pan with the sesame oil until golden brown on both sides, approximately a few minutes on each side

6) repeat with the rest of the dough

7) for sauce, combine soy, vinegar, garlic and sugar.