Chinese Sesame Bread with Scallions (芝麻大饼）

Chinese Sesame Bread with Scallions

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp active yeast
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • .75 cup warm water
  • .5 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp oil, and 2 tsp extra oil
  • sesame seeds
  • 6 scallions

Instructions

  1. Mix yeast, water, sugar. Cover with a wet cloth and let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Add everything except sesame seeds and scallions. Knead dough. Cover with a wet cloth and let sit for 1 hour.
  3. Roll out dough into a rectangle, 0.4 mm thickness. Brush with extra oil, sprinkle chopped scallions on top.
  4. Roll into a tube, then roll tube into a spiral.
  5. Flatten the spiral using a rolling pin, so the top is smooth.
  6. Put dough in an oiled pan, Cover with a wet cloth and let rise for 1 hour.
  7. Spray water on top, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  8. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
  9. Flip, cook for 3 minutes.
  10. Cut like a pizza to serve.

Notes