Chinese Style Meat Pie

Ingredients

• Flour (not self-rising)
• Minced meat
• Oil
• Salt
• Sugar
• Cornstarch
• Soy sauce
• Flavoring powder (e.g., chicken powder, cumin, pepper and salt, optional)
• Garlic
• Scallion
• Eggs (optional)
• Carrot (optional)
• Frying pan
• Wok (can be replaced by the same frying pan)

Steps

1. ### Preparing Ingredients
2. Take the minced meat (thawed if frozen), add half of the aforementioned seasonings listed above (oil, salt, sugar, soy sauce, flavoring powder) and all of the cornstarch. Mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.
3. Add flour to a bowl, add an egg, add the remaining half of the aforementioned seasonings, and add water equivalent to half the weight of the flour (ensure the flour mixture is sticky but still fluid). Mix well.
4. Finely chop the garlic into minced garlic.
5. Cut the scallion into sections.
6. Finely mince the carrot (for use as filling, chop as finely as possible/evenly).
7. ### Cooking
8. Heat the pan and add cold oil to release it (wok hei).
9. Once the oil is hot, add the minced garlic to stir-fry until fragrant.
10. Add the marinated minced meat and stir-fry until it changes color and is cooked through.
11. Add the carrot mince to the minced meat and stir-fry together until the oil turns golden yellow (this extracts the flavor of the carrot).
12. Turn off the heat. Let cool for 2 minutes.
13. Pour the stir-fried minced meat into the raw batter and mix well.
14. Turn the heat back on and spread oil on the base of the frying pan.
15. Reduce to low heat and pour the batter into the pan to spread evenly. Ensure the thickness is not too high. You can tilt the pan while pouring to let the batter flow to complete this operation.
16. While the surface of the pancake is still liquid, sprinkle chopped scallions on top.
17. Keep the heat on low until the bottom side is solidified.
18. Flip the pancake and continue to pan-fry on low heat until the other side is solidified.
19. Afterward, pan-fry each side for an additional 20 seconds.
20. Turn off the heat and serve.