Danbing

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Danbing

Alternative names	Egg pancake
Type	Pancake
Place of origin	Taiwan
Main ingredients	Dough, eggs
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DanBing (dànbǐng) (traditional Chinese: 蛋餅; simplified Chinese: 蛋饼; pinyin: Dàn bǐng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g-piánn; lit. 'egg pancake'; Mandarin pronunciation [tânpìŋ]), also known as egg pancake or rolled egg crepe, is a Taiwanese breakfast dish. Different regions makes the dish differently, in most cases, the dough is made by kneading flour, potato starch, glutinous rice flour, and water into a thin dough, and an omelet is baked on top of the dough.^[1] In Taiwan, dan bing is mainly sold at breakfast shops, restaurants as well as night market food stalls. They are also sold commercially in supermarkets, where the dough is frozen in plastic packaging, and egg is added as the dough is heated.^[2]

At first, eggs were added to scallion pancakes. Later, a no-knead flour batter version appeared, which was made of flour, cornstarch and sweet potato flour. In 1994, mass-produced omelet crust appeared in the factory, which promoted the popularity of omelet pancakes. The popularization of scallion pancakes, but the taste is different from that of scallion pancakes, which are lighter and more flexible.^[3][4]