A coworker & I were talking about delicious Taiwanese food about a month ago. We were looking at various pictures of Taiwanese food & came across one for 牛肉餡餅 & my mouth literally started to drool. I was hooked & decided I had to make some to satisfy my craving so here's my take on it. Yummers!
牛肉餡餅 - Pan-Fried Beef Pastry
1 lb ground beef
6 stalks green onion, finely chopped
1 egg
1/8 cup soy sauce
3 tb sesame oil
2 ts white pepper, ground
1 ts black pepper, ground
2 cups white flour + a little extra
1 cup hot water
Makes 8 pastries.
- Mix all the ingredients (minus the flour & water) together in a bowl. Cover & store in the fridge overnight.
- Mix the flour & hot water in a bowl until just combined.
- Sprinkle work surface with flour, pour the dough onto your work surface & knead a few times.
- Roll dough out into a snake & cut into 8 rounds.
- Take one round & roll it out into an 8" diameter circle such that the middle of the circle is slightly thicker than the edges.
- Place 1/8 of the meat mixture in the middle of the rolled out dough.
- Bring all the edges together & pinch shut. Flip the pastry over such that the pinched side is down & lightly pat the pastry such that the top is flat.
- Place a pan over medium-low heat & liberally sprinkle oil into pan.
- When the oil is hot, place the pastry into the pan. Fry each side for about 3-4 minutes.- Eat immediately!
