One of my favorite dishes to order from any Chinese restaurant is scallion pancakes. They’re crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and packed with the fresh, savory flavor of green onions.

It’s seldom that I’m stunned by a food hack. I’m often wowed, sure—but this scallion pancake trick had me sit-down-shook. It’s relievingly simple, uncannily identical in flavor to the ...

Among those blazing a trail is James Beard award-nominee Irene Li who chooses only local ingredients to prepare her flaky, easy-to-make scallion pancakes. STEP 1. Combine flour and salt in a large ...

Scallion pancakes are the flaky, crispy part of a good dim sum spread that can make you fall in love and lose track of time.

Then again, neither were scallion pancakes—or cong you bing, the allium-flecked, flaky-layered, and golden-griddled Chinese flatbreads that are a mainstay in Chinese restaurants in the States.

But one tradition they held onto was a recipe for scallion pancakes, Liu said. Those pancakes help keep the memory of Liu's father, Tai, alive more than a decade after his death and remind the ...

Then again, neither were scallion pancakes—or cong you bing, the allium-flecked, flaky-layered, and golden-griddled Chinese flatbreads that are a mainstay in Chinese restaurants in the States.