I buy chinese pancake at the local grocery – the photo shows the brand I buy. They’re super useful as a pantry item; keep them frozen until you cook them. I usually broil them, flipping once. They are done in five to ten minutes. The kids eat them as after-school snacks, with soup or gyoza, or just on their own.
I thought they might be good for pre-taekwondo dinner – we need a lighter, easily digestible, nutritionally rich meal. I cleaned and stemmed a bunch of fresh spinach, while boiling the water for steaming it. While the spinach was steaming, I broiled the pancakes until they were almost done. Meanwhile, I chopped and sautéed oyster mushrooms.
When the mushrooms, pancakes and spinach were ready, I assembled everything by folding the pancakes in half and inserting mushrooms, spinach, and a bit of cooked bacon for the carnivores, topped by a couple small slices of provolone.
I baked it on 400f for about ten minutes, let them cool for a couple, then feasted. Very delicious.
They were quite successful with the kids. Because mushrooms have so much umami, the meal was quite satisfying.
Each held a lot of spinach, so they were full of nutritional value, and each meal was easily customizable to vegetarian or omnivorous diets.
I will definitely make this meal again; better yet, the kids’ll make it while I’m at the spa ;)