Jian Bing (Chinese Crêpes)

  4.6 – 5 reviews  • Savory

a delicious method to prepare Brussels sprouts.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 1
Yield: 1 crêpe

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons millet flour
  2. 2 tablespoons soy milk
  3. ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
  4. 1 teaspoon water, if needed
  5. 1 tablespoon Chinese black bean sauce
  6. 1 teaspoon water
  7. ½ teaspoon Asian chile pepper sauce, or to taste
  8. 1 teaspoon water
  9. cooking spray
  10. 1 egg, beaten
  11. ½ green onion, sliced
  12. 1 tablespoon torn fresh cilantro leaves
  13. 2 whole crackers

Instructions

  1. Whisk millet flour, soy milk, and vegetable oil together in a bowl to make a batter with the consistency of heavy cream. Add a teaspoon of water to thin the batter, if necessary.
  2. Mash black bean sauce in a small bowl with 1 teaspoon water to make it easy to spread. Mix hot chili sauce with 1 teaspoon of water in a separate small bowl. Set both sauces aside.
  3. Spray a large skillet generously with cooking spray, and heat over medium-low heat. Pour batter into the skillet, and spread evenly to make a thin crêpe; cook until firm, about 1 to 2 minutes. Pour egg evenly over crêpe; cook an additional 1 to 2 minutes, until egg is set. Sprinkle crêpe with green onion slices and cilantro leaves, pressing them firmly into cooked egg.
  4. Flip crêpe and spread with bean sauce and chili sauce. Place crackers in the center of crêpe, leaving about 1/4 inch of space between the two crackers. Flip top third of crêpe down over crackers; flip the bottom third up, and then fold the crêpe in half so the crackers are stacked on top of each other in a tidy package. Serve hot.
  5. Use any kind of savory cracker, a piece of crisp fried wonton skin, or a piece of fried pork rind for the crunchy filling.
  6. You can substitute all-purpose flour for millet flour, and regular milk for soy milk.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 220 kcal
Carbohydrate 20 g
Cholesterol 186 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 10 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 265 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 11 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Gregory Jacobson
aahh..you should quickly break the yolk when it touches the pan.. :p i saw them did that :p anyway this is a great recipe 🙂
Mindy Hall
DELICIOUS! I thought I’d never find the recipe for this!
Anne Solomon
This was very good! The only thing I would change about this recipe is to increase the amount of batter and use 1.5 times as much as directed, and add chopped preserved mustard tubers since all the ones I ate in China had those ingredients. Very good adapted recipe for the home kitchen!
Brenda Austin
OMG I have been looking for a recipe like this for a long time. This is one of my favorite street foods at home. Thank you so much for this recipe. You are a Godsend!
Matthew Mendoza
Thank you for the recipe, i have looking for one like this for long time. this is great!

 

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