Vietnamese green bean pancake. Bánh xèo, or Vietnamese crepes, are rice flour pancakes that bring a light batter and ample fillings together for one tasty, crispy breakfast or snack! In the southern region Bánh xèo are larger and made with more veggies and mung beans. While in the central regions, they tend to be made smaller.
Banh Xeo is Vietnamese sizzling crepe or sizzling pancake. It is named for the loud sizzling sound it makes when the rice batter hits a hot skillet. This savory thin pancake is filled with thin slices of pork belly, whole shrimp, mung beans, and bean sprouts. You can have Vietnamese green bean pancake using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Vietnamese green bean pancake
- It's 1 packages of Vietnamese pancake mix.
- You need 1 can of coconut milk.
- Prepare 1/2 packages of green bean.
- You need 1 of onion, sliced.
- You need 2 lb of pork shoulder.
- It's 2 packages of golden mushroom.
- It's 2 packages of abalone mushroom.
- Prepare 1 of green onion.
- You need 30 of shrimps.
- It's 1/2 lb of bean sprout.
- You need 1 of vegetable oil.
This Crispy Vietnamese Pancakes are made with savory rice flour and coconut milk. Known as Banh Xeo, they are Vietnamese street food at its best. Stuffed full of chicken and vegetables, crunchy bean sprouts and chilis and fresh cilantro, they make a great breakfast, brunch or lunch option. Crispy Vietnamese pancakes are deep filled with a range of colourful veggies, homemade mung bean sprouts and fresh herbs with a side of tangy dipping Pour the batter onto the pan and swivel it a few times quickly so that the batter spreads evenly.
Vietnamese green bean pancake step by step
- Put green bean in small pot with some water and heat approximately 10 minutes until soft.
- Cook pork shoulder in hot water and cut into slices.
- Wash and slice abalone mushrooms and separate golden mushrooms into smaller bunches.
- Wash bean sprout. Cut onion into slices. Chop green onion.
- Wash and peel shrimps.
- Mix Vietnamese pancake mix with water according to instructions and add can of coconut milk. Add chopped green onions into mixture.
- In a pan on medium heat (4-5), add some vegetable oil, a handful of onions, 2-3 shrimps and a large scoop of Vietnamese pancake mix until pan is cover.
- Add 1-2 tablespoons of green bean, 2-3 sliced abalone mushrooms, 1-2 bunches of golden mushrooms, 3-4 slices of pork shoulder, handful of bean sprout in center of pancake.
- Cover pan for 2-3 minutes to allow ingredients to cook. Uncover and flip one half over the other. Flip entire pancake to cook both sides.
Making this Vietnamese coconut pancake can be tricky as you have to spread the mixture around the wok before it sets. Add one-third of each of the mung beans, prawn mixture and a handful of bean shoots to one-half of the pancake. While pancake is cooking, top with few bean sprouts, one to two pieces of pork belly and some green onion. Bindaetteok cooking in pan - isn't it Pancake is done when it is brown on both sides. Add more oil in between if the pan looks dry.