Cooking in the Family

One thing I like about food is how it brings people together; gives people space to connect over culture and time. This Christmas, my dad taught Jason to make Chinese scallion pancakes, a tradition that has run in my family for generations (but only for the males, for some reason). There's nothing like a toasty hot, cripsy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside slice of this tasty bread. And with something as simple as that, my husband enters our family tradition in a little less than an hour.

Kou Family Scallion Pancake Recipe

Ingredients:
3 cups water

5 cups flour

Scallions (1 Bunch), chopped

Sesame Oil

Salt

Mix water and flour. Kneed and split dough into roughly fist-size pieces. Roll out each piece of dough until flat and about 1/4 inches thick. Sprinkle with salt and sesame oil; spread around until evenly covers dough. Sprinkle on chopped scallions. Roll up dough into a long cylinder, and then coil the cylinder around into a round ball shape (see pics above). Then, roll out until 1/4 inches thick and fry in pan. Flip once when bottom side is golden brown. Both sides should be golden brown when ready. Cut into pieces and serve hot.