Beef Sesame Pancake

Description:

Very tasty breakfast but boy it's hard to make if you want to make it from scratch!

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients:

Sliced precooked beef shank with tendon

Lightly toasted sesame pancake shell

Sliced green onions or chopped cilantro or julienne cucumbers

Sweet bean paste

Instructions:

1. Spread sweet bean paste inside the pancake shell like you're spreading mayonnaise on a sandwich.
2. Place beef and your choice of green veggies inside the shell.
3. Close the shell and press down.

Suggestions:

Sweet Bean Paste/Sauce

There are many varieties of sweet bean sauce. The can on the right side is one type. Available at most Chinese markets.

Sesame Pancake Shell
You might be able to find the sesame pancake shell in the frozen section at a Chinese market. If not, you can substitute it with other types of pancake. I'll post the recipe for this a different time.

Beef Shank Slices
You might also be able to find the beef shank slices if the Chinese market sells precooked packaged foods. If not, go to the recipe for beef noodle soup and use the same recipe to boil the beef. The only differences are: omit the stir fry and go straight to boiling, boil the shank as a whole and slice after it is cooked and refrigerated, and omit the veggies. The more tendons the shank has, the better it would taste in the pancake, so pick one with a lot of marbling and make sure you cook it until the tendons are soft.

Sweet Rice Milk/Drink 米漿

Description:

My childhood favorite breakfast drink next to fruity milk... it contains peanuts, which is what gives the drink a pleasant aroma. 

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

1 cup of white rice (uncooked)

1~1.5 cup peanuts (shelled, deskinned)

sugar

water

Instructions:

1. Soak the rice in water 4~6 hours (or overnight).
2. Brown the peanuts on a skillet or in an oven.  Careful not to burn the peanuts!
3. Put the peanuts and rice in a blender and blend until smooth.
4. Boil about 8~10 cups of water.
5. Pour the rice mixture into the boiling water and stir constantly so that the mixture doesn't stick to the pot. 
6. Add sugar to taste.

Suggestions:

For a healthier version of the drink, replace white rice with a mixture of multigrain rice and add about 1/4 cup of black sesame seeds. 

If you don't like any texture in your drink and your blender doesn't smooth it enough, you can pour the mixture through a mesh (cheese cloth) before adding to the boiling water.

Multigrain Rice 五穀米 

You can find this at many oriental markets.  There are different types of multigrain rice (different mixtures).  Or you can find them in places like Central Market or Wholefoods in the grain section. Just buy different grains and mix them yourself.