A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing). Basically, a dan bing is a thin crepe with an egg on top. There's multiple variations; my favorite is just to mix a little sesame oil and a lot of chopped scallions into the egg. Using the same non-stick frying pan you cook the crêpes in, heat over medium heat.
Top with additional toppings (if using).
Dan Bing is a famous Taiwanese style savory breakfast egg crepes.
Dan Bing is similar to Chinese jian bing but the texture of the crepe is softer, a little more chewy, and with some bouncy texture in the mouthfeel.
You can have A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing) using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing)
- It's of ★ Bread flour.
- Prepare of ★ Cake flour.
- It's of ★ Katakuriko.
- It's of ★ Water.
- You need of ★ Salt.
- You need of stalks Green onions.
- You need of Eggs.
- It's of For the sauce:.
- Prepare of Oyster sauce.
- It's of Soy sauce.
- Prepare of Vinegar.
- Prepare of Honey.
- It's of Sesame oil.
- Prepare of Ra-yu.
Dan bing is a traditional Taiwanese breakfast food that is usually sold by street vendors every morning. Basically, a dan bing is a thin crepe with an egg and chopped spring onion. There's multiple variations; Feel free to try different fillings in the egg mixture such as chopped ham, crumbled bacon and corn or on top of the cooked egg before rolling it up (e.g. shredded cheese). Dan Bing literally translates as "egg" and "cake".
A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing) step by step
- Cut the green onions into thin round slices and set aside. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce..
- To make the batter, put all the ★ ingredients into a bowl and mix gently and thoroughly so that it is not lumpy. Add half the amount of the green onion into the batter..
- Heat the skillet (no oil) and pour in half of the batter. Cook over very low heat. (Spread the batter evenly.).
- Turn it over and pan-fry the other side. Once it is done cooking, take it out onto a plate. Make another crepe with the remaining batter..
- Beat the egg and mix in the remaining green onions..
- Heat some oil in the skillet and pour in a half portion of the eggs..
- Place the crepe from Step 4 onto the egg while it is still half-way cooked..
- Turn it over when the egg gets solid..
- Cook it for about 30 seconds, then start rolling it up..
- Once it is rolled up, transfer to a cutting board, cut into 6 equal pieces and serve it onto a plate. Repeat with the remaining egg mixture, serve it onto a plate, and it is done..
- Dip it in the special sauce! It goes well with ketchup or gyoza sauce as well..
- It is also delicious if you add any of your own favorite toppings (e.g. cheese, bacon, corn, or tuna.) at Step 8..
These traditional Taiwanese egg pancakes are the ULTIMATE street food breakfast. In Taiwan you'll find them at cafes and breakfast joints sprinkled across the cities, or more often from busy street vendors serving long lines of hungry customers. Taiwanese breakfast crepe 台式早餐蛋餅 is a popular traditional breakfast dish in Taiwan. I first fell in love with it years ago when I visited the island and my relatives took me to eat Dan Bing. In dan bing, often called a Taiwanese crepe, the snap of corn kernels and shaved cabbage burst and crunch against the rolled cylinder of egg.