Making crispy oyster scallion pancakes with VEA Restaurant’s Vicky Cheng

I am Vicky Chang of a restaurant andtoday I want to show you how to make acrispy oyster scallion pancake scallionpancake is a traditional Street foodalmost like a little chuckle me make thedough firstwho is gonna sift the flour just toremove other lumps and aerate it alittle bit and then we’ll pop it insidethe KitchenAid we will boil water andwe’re gonna stream in this hot waterever so slightly heats this flour itbecomes this chewy immediately thiselastic dough then we’re gonna add a bitof fat some room-temperature water aswell but we’re gonna take this dough andlet it rest it’s really important to letthe dough rest because when you work theflour yo you’re always creating glutenand to by letting it rest you have thisnice and chewy tender bread then whatwe’re gonna do is roll out the dough rubit with some hot fat sprinkle withscallion season do a little bit of awhite pepper then you roll it into likealmost like a burrito I guessand then we’ll turn it around and rollit into a spiral like a little snailthen you let that rest a little bitfurther then you take the rolling pinand basically flatten it and when youfind that you can immediately see thedifferent layers and different spiralsand so it’s it’s this with its scallionshit it inside then we’ll pan-searedcrispy let’s goso next we’re gonna prepare the oystersto watch the oysters add salt use anatural friction by swirling it theeventually you will have a you will havea collection of almost like slime andthis is what you want to get rid of allthe mucus so to make the batter one partand a cornstarch one part rice flour mixthem together and what you’re lookingfor is a thick consistency where you canpick up the chopstick and it should flowlike a waterfall once you have thismixture just try to keep it cold it’squite important to have hold both bothbatter gently put it inside the fryer at180 degreesyou should fry only for around 1 1minute and a half and wait until thebubble starts in herespread it with your favorite chili sauceplace your oysters on make sure they’reso hot and crispy this is importantput your smoked sour cream on top finelysliced scallion and also some corianderand that’s it basically just fold ittogether and enjoy like a taco not onlyis it the pancake itself which isdelicious but also the combination ofthis briny oyster creamy smoked creamalso a touch of spiciness and thefreshness of coriander and scallion whenyou fold that together and bite into itit really truly reminds me of justsomething so homey so easy to do justfull of umami and delicious