The latest street food obsession to hit Australia is ‘The Bing’ or Jianbing – a Chinese crepe-like pancake that’s packed full of delicious savoury fillings and is traditionally served for breakfast. And to celebrate the current wave, Australian Beef has teamed up with MasterChef 2018 alumni and street food Instagrammer Brendan Pang to bring you a version of the delicacy that combines spicy, peanutty, aromatic mince with a crisp egg pancake.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Dan Dan beef mix
- 400g beef mince
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp five spice powder
Filling
- Vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cucumber, thinly sliced
- 4 cos lettuce leaves
- 4 tbsp peanuts, roasted and chopped
Spicy Peanut Sauce
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Jianbing batter
- 1/3 cup millet flour (or fine cornmeal)
- 1/3 cup white flour
- 1 tsp corn starch
- 3/4 cup water
Method
- Place all jianbing batter ingredients, plus 1/2 tsp of salt into a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- In a wok, heat vegetable oil over medium heat and brown the beef. Add hoisin, shaoxing wine, dark soy sauce and five-spice powder. Cook until all the liquid is evaporated. Set aside.
- Place all spicy peanut sauce ingredients into a small bowl and mix well.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat and brush with vegetable oil. When the oil begins to shimmer, pour in 1/4 of the jianbing batter. Working quickly, swirl the pan to spread the batter as thinly as possible and cook for 1-2 minutes. Pour 1/4 of the beaten egg mix over the crepe, spread quickly and evenly with a spatula, sprinkle with a little spring onion and cook 1-2 minutes until egg is set.
- Flip the crepe and spread the top side with a generous spoonful of the spicy peanut sauce. Place a cos lettuce leaf in the centre and top with dan dan beef mix, cucumber slices, and roast peanuts.
- Fold in half twice and serve immediately. Repeat with remaining ingredients
