Dan Bing with Cheese and Ham (Taiwanese Pancake with Egg) | 火腿蛋餅

Dan bing is a popular and fast breakfast item in Taiwan. It resembles a thin tortilla with eggs and your choice of filling wrapped up in one. There are two main kinds of dan bing, one’s made with a pancake-like mixture and the other with dough. This recipe is the latter- it provides a chewier and crispy texture if fried till golden. I’m making this with part whole wheat flour, but you can make it with just all purpose flour.

Click here for the batter version:  Dan Bing (Taiwanese Egg Crepe) | 古早味蛋餅

Dan Bing (蛋餅, dan4bing3) literally means egg cake. It’s safe to say that we have dan bing at least 5 times a week for breakfast. In Taiwan dan bing comes in a few different shapes and with millions of toppings to choose from, anything they have at the breakfast shop you can have it added to your dan bing. Our favorite is corn and cheese, veggie and cheese and hash brown with cheese. Other favorites include bacon, ham, tuna, meat floss, and hot dogs. I’ve also seen some really interesting creations such as rice dumpling dan bing, radish cake dan bing, peanut butter sweet potato dan bing with cheese, kimchi, everything and even mala hot pot dan bing all exists somewhere if you look for them.

Today we’re making a much fancier version of dan bing than the Taiwanese street style version. Using left over bourbon glazed Christmas ham with shavings of artisanal cheddar cheese, spring onion and super tasty brown shell eggs from Prosper Valley Farm, topped with vegetarian mushroom oyster sauce. The vegetarian oyster sauce is a type of thick soy sauce, flavored with mushroom. Regular thick soy sauce can be used as well. Add some siracha or homemade MALA HOT SAUCE if you like it spicy!

For the wrap, it’s a mixture of all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, a bit of oil and boiling hot water. I like the dough version of dan bing more than the pancake mixture type. The ones that’s made with a dripping mixture is too soft for my taste, sometimes combines with filling it simply taste like a gooey mess. If you’re in a hurry just want to make something fast and happens to have flour tortilla in hand, you can replace the homemade dan bing skin with it, but I enjoy the homemade ones so much better and they’re actually really easy to make. You can make them ahead of time and just stack them up and freeze them, no need to defrost when making dan bing.

Mixing boiling hot water with flour is a technique often used in Chinese “wrap” making, called 燙麵(tang4mian4, meaning hot flour). Different amount of boiling water used produces different texture in a wrap, dan bing skin uses 100% boiling water; a soup dumpling wrap is about half and half. The reason for boiling hot water is that when it’s mixed with flour it traps more moisture in the wrap after it’s cooked… if that makes sense? Since dan bing skin doesn’t have much oil in it and is fairly dry, boiling hot water is used to make sure that the result stays moist and doesn’t dry out when cold.

Dan bing makes a super tasty breakfast or snack, it’s easy to take it to go as well. Keep it as a wrap without cutting it up and eat it in the car if you’re in a hurry! Don’t forget to pair it with some tasty drinks, Taiwanese enjoys dan bing with homemade soy milk for breakfast, a cup of black tea or try a VIETNAMESE YOGURT COFFEE to make a breakfast of champions.

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Dan Bing with Cheese and Ham (Taiwanese Pancake with Egg) | 火腿蛋餅

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Dan bing is a popular and fast breakfast item in Taiwan. It resembles a thin tortilla with eggs and your choice of filling wrapped up in one. There are two main kinds of dan bing, one's made with a pancake like mixture and the other with dough. This recipe is the latter- it provides a chewier and crispy texture if fried till golden. I'm making this with part whole wheat flour, but you can make it with just all purpose flour.
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Asian, Taiwanese
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 6 Dan Bing Skins
Author Choochoo-ca-Chew

Ingredients

Dan Bing Skin

  • 1 C Water
  • 1 C all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 C Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 TBsp Oil

Dan Bing Filling

  • 1 Large Egg Beaten
  • 1 Sprig Spring Onion Chopped
  • 1 Slice Cheese Break into small pieces
  • Ham or bacon cooked

Sauce

  • Thick Soy Sauce for dipping

Instructions

Making Dan Bing Skins

  • In a mixing bowl, mix 1C All Purpose Flour, 1/2C Whole Wheat flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 TBsp Oil with a fork.
  • Bring 1C water to a boil.
  • Once the water is boiling, pour into the mixing bowl of flour and mix with the fork until a lose dough starts to form and the dough isn't burning hot.
  • Work the flour mixture into a soft dough and cut into 6 even pieces.
  • Sprinkle flour on a flat surface and take a piece of dough, roll into a 9" circle, roughly 2mm thick.
  • Grill in a non-stick pan on medium heat until lightly golden on both side, remove from heat and repeat until all 6 pieces are done.
  • Stack and freeze for later use or follow the next steps to make a dan bing!

Making Dan Bing

  • Heat 1/2TBsp Oil in a pan or wok.
  • Beat 1 egg with chopped spring onions and add to the heated pan.
  • While the egg hasn't set yet, layer one piece of dan bing skin over the egg and pat down with the spatula so the egg stick to the skin.
  • Cook until the egg is cooked through roughly 1 minute on medium heat. Flip the dan bing over.
  • Layer cheese first (so it will melt), then ham on top of the egg and roll the dan bing up.
  • Remove from heat to a plate and cut into pieces. Serve with thick soy sauce.

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