Chinese Chive Pies (韭菜盒子)

chive pies/pockets/boxes

Chinese Chive Pies

Ingredients

  • crust
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 cup milk
    • 1 tsp yeast
    • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • filling
    • 4 eggs
    • 12 shrimps, finely chopped (more if shrimps are small)
    • 1 lb. chives, finely chopped
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 4 Tbsp oil
  • 2 Tbsp oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Mix crust ingredients until it forms a dough. Set aside.
  2. Beat 4 eggs. Fry in 1 Tbsp oil, make scrambled eggs. Set aside.
  3. Fry shrimp in 1 Tbsp oil over high heat. Remove from heat.
  4. Mix eggs, shrimp, chives, salt, and oil.
  5. Split dough into 16 pieces. Make each piece into a thin circle.
  6. Put about .5 cup of filling onto each piece of dough.
  7. Wrap the dough around filling (doesn’t matter how, as long as it is sealed).
  8. Over medium high heat, fry each pie on both sides, typically 2-3 minutes on each side.