Savoury stuffed pancakes

I bought similar stuffed pancakes for breakfast in Hong Kong and China hawker stall. They are simple to make great for breakfast or brunch. I think this is popular in Northern China rather than a Cantonese recipe. You can use any filling you like meat and veg, potato and vegetables (vegetarian) or even cheese and onion english style, great to use up any leftovers. You can make them ahead and warm in the oven, great for fingerfood party or packed lunch.

Recipe - make about 1 dozen*

For the dough:
300g plain flour
1 tbsp oil
200ml boiling water
pinch of salt
more flour for dusting or kneading

For the filling:
some cooking oil
2 -3 cloves of garlic, chopped
about 1-1/2 cup roughly chopped pak choi (Shanghainese), choy sum, other vegetables like spinach or cabbage, carrot or cooked potato (you can use any mixture of vegetables you like)
150 of pork of chicken (cooked or raw, cut into small pieces) or small prawns
handful of bamboo shoot, roughly chopped
about 8 - 9 strips of chinese pickled radish or choi bo (see picture on left)
2 eggs beaten
dash of light soy (to your taste)
pinch of ground pepper
dash of sesame oil
2 - 3 stalks of spring onion, chopped
about 2 - 3 tbsp of chopped coriander/ cilantro


Methods:

1. In a mixing bowl add the flour and mix in the oil. Pour boiling water in a cup add salt to dissolve. Pour all the water into the bowl. Mix the dough with chopsticks or spoon. It is quite lumpy at this stage. Cover and leave aside for about 30min.
2. For the beaten egg, add a little oil heat till smoking hot and fry egg as omelette, brown on both sides then chopped into small pieces.
3. Add some oil in pan/wok stir fry the garlic, add meat and cook till lightly brown, then add vegetables and chopped up omelette, stir fry for about 1 minute or till vegetables are tender but still crunchy. Seasoned with light soy (don't add too much the pickled radish can be salty), pinch of pepper and dash of sesame oil. Heat off, add spring onion and coriander. Leave to cool.
4. Dust flour on working area and knead the dough till smooth, add in more dry flour if needed till the dough is not sticky. Roll into a long sausage and cut into 12 equal pieces, each piece about 40g. Put aside
5. Dust with flour and roll each piece of dough into a thin pancake about 15cm diameter. Keep turning or rotate the dough when rolling making it easier to roll it out to a perfect round shape.
   
6. Fill half of the rolled out dough with few tbsp of filling, dampen half the edge with some water. Fold the unfilled side over to form a crescent shape. Press gently to seal then trim off any uneven edge with a small knife. The pancake is ready of frying.
7. To fry the pancake, brush the frying pan with oil then fry till golden brown on both sides.

* You can make dainty little ones if you like. use less dough and less filling each

** If you like the pancake to be more crispy add more oil when frying.

***Suitable for vegetarian: use any vegetables mix you like, IMO the pickled radish is essential as it gives a salty and savoury taste.