Recipe: Delicious A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing)

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A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing). One of my favourite breakfasts while in Taiwan is 蛋餅 Dan Bing, a traditional and popular Taiwanese breakfast that many locals eat on a daily basis and travellers' must-try food when in Taiwan. Beaten egg is fried on a hot plate and top with a thin crêpe (some call it pancake), then flipped over and filled with assorted fillings. Basically, a dan bing is a thin crepe with an egg on top.

A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing) 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. 古早味蛋餅 Dan bing is a popular breakfast item in Taiwan. A thin crepe-like layer with eggs and an assortment of fillings to make this simple breakfast item fit for anyone. You can cook 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)

  1. Prepare of ★ Bread flour.
  2. It's of ★ Cake flour.
  3. It's of ★ Katakuriko.
  4. Prepare of ★ Water.
  5. Prepare of ★ Salt.
  6. You need of stalks Green onions.
  7. Prepare of Eggs.
  8. Prepare of For the sauce:.
  9. Prepare of Oyster sauce.
  10. Prepare of Soy sauce.
  11. You need of Vinegar.
  12. Prepare of Honey.
  13. You need of Sesame oil.
  14. Prepare of Ra-yu.

There are two main kinds of dan bing, one's made with a pancake-like batter and the other with dough. Ask any Taiwanese immigrant or expat what foods from the motherland they miss the most and there's a decent chance that the first thing they'll bring up is breakfast: Sesame flatbreads (shaobing). 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.

A Standard Taiwanese Breakfast: Egg Crepe (Dan Bing) instructions

  1. Cut the green onions into thin round slices and set aside. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce..
  2. 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..
  3. Heat the skillet (no oil) and pour in half of the batter. Cook over very low heat. (Spread the batter evenly.).
  4. 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..
  5. Beat the egg and mix in the remaining green onions..
  6. Heat some oil in the skillet and pour in a half portion of the eggs..
  7. Place the crepe from Step 4 onto the egg while it is still half-way cooked..
  8. Turn it over when the egg gets solid..
  9. Cook it for about 30 seconds, then start rolling it up..
  10. 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..
  11. Dip it in the special sauce! It goes well with ketchup or gyoza sauce as well..
  12. It is also delicious if you add any of your own favorite toppings (e.g. cheese, bacon, corn, or tuna.) at Step 8..

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. Dan Bing literally translates as "egg" and "cake". 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.