Chinese pancake

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Chinese pancakes are pancakes found in Chinese cuisine. They may be either savory or sweet, and are generally made with dough rather than batter. They include the following:

• Bao bing (薄饼), a variety of thin pancake
• Bing (饼), the generic Chinese term for disc-shaped flatbreads
• Green onion pancake (葱油饼), a salty, unleavened flatbread whose dough contains oil and minced scallions (green onions).
• Laobing (烙饼), an unleavened flatbread made from wheat flour
• Jian bing (煎饼), a thin, fried egg pancake similar to a crepe
• Shaobing (烧饼), a baked, layered flatbread topped with sesame seeds; may be savory or sweet

[edit] See also

• Moo shu pork, wrapped in a "moo shu pancake" (a thin wrapper made from wheat flour)
• Oyster omelette, made from eggs, starch, and oysters
• Peking duck, wrapped in a "Mandarin pancake" (a thin wrapper made from wheat flour)
• Popia, a spring roll wrapped in a crepe-like skin made from wheat flour or rice flour