"Xianghe Meat Pie", also known as Jingdong Meat Pie, is a snack in Xianghe, Hebei. Brown in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious. On the surface, the paper-like dough has been soaked in oil and turned translucent, and you can clearly see the meat filling inside. [3]

Xianghe Meat Pancake

This kind of pancake is delicious because it has less noodles and more meat. A large cake is made of one pound of noodles, two pounds of meat, and one pound of green onions, and is about two feet in diameter. Everything from making noodles to making stuffing is very particular. The dough should be neither cold nor hot, neither soft nor hard, smooth and soft when kneaded, easy to roll out, and the skin is as thin as paper and elastic. The meat filling, either beef or mutton, is chopped with the edge of the knife and smashed with the back of the knife to form a meat paste. Various filling seasonings such as onion, ginger, garlic essence, etc. are put in, and then stirred with sesame oil. Therefore, the Xianghe meat pie has three complete and dense layers - two layers of paper-like thin skin sandwiching a layer of whole pie-shaped meat filling, which is as uniform as silk and has no defects. I saw the chef turning the pan again and again, the dough was browned and gradually turned into a round ball. There is no leakage of filling or air in the huge meatloaf. Then brush it with oil, and the paper-like dough is soaked in oil and becomes translucent, with a few meat fillings visible. After taking it out of the pan, it becomes a Xianghe meat pie that is brown in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, oily but not greasy, and mellow and delicious.

Other information

Xianghe meat pie

Nowadays, the types of Xianghe meat pie are gradually increasing. The Han people mostly use pork as stuffing, and then stir in a small amount of strong vegetable stuffing such as leeks and fennel to give it a unique flavor. [2]

Nowadays, there are more than 200 large and small restaurants in Xianghe, and they serve "Xianghe meat cakes". However, it is rare to see the skill of pancakes with a stick. In order to pass on the skill of meat pie, Xianghe has established several "Xianghe Meat Pie Training Schools" and has registered trademarks, making it a patented specialty of Xianghe. Some non-authentic stores can only call them "Jingdong Meat Pie" or something else. The brand comes to market.

Method introduction

Ingredients

Four, onion, ginger, garlic, pork, and beef.

Preparation method

1. Use all-purpose flour and warm water at 30 or 40 degrees to knead the Xianghe meatloaf. Wake up for thirty minutes. This time can be used to mix the stuffing;

2. The so-called meat pie is the stuffing without adding any vegetables except onions, ginger and garlic. Add thirteen spices, salt, MSG, a little starch, soy sauce or dark soy sauce, sesame oil, and soybean oil and stir evenly;

3. If it is pork and beef, you can also add a little bean paste for seasoning;

4. After the meat filling is evenly stirred, use the risen dough to wrap the meat filling into a bun shape, then place it on the board and use a rolling pin to roll it out like a flatbread until the thickness is even;

5 , put a layer of soybean oil in the pan, and when the oil is hot, put the rolled meat patties in the pan, heat both sides until they are browned, and then take it out of the pan.

Notes

1. The noodles should be soft and hard, and the noodles should be rested for enough time.

2. Do not add any vegetables, otherwise it will become a pie instead of a meatloaf.

3. It is the most difficult to roll the bun shape into a cake shape with a rolling pin. This is also the reason why many people don’t know how to make Xianghe meatloaf and make all kinds of strange meatloaf.