Peking Duck Pancakes (春饼 Chun Bing) — The Thin Wheat Wrapper
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Chun bing (春饼, spring pancakes) — also called the mo bing (薄饼, thin pancakes) used for Peking duck service — are the delicate, paper-thin wheat flour crepes in which Peking duck skin, cucumber, scallion, and sweet bean sauce are wrapped. The making of these pancakes is a distinct skill: the dough is made in pairs (two thin rounds of dough, each brushed with sesame oil, then placed together and rolled as one unit), cooked briefly on a dry skillet, then peeled apart to produce two extremely thin, pliable pancakes. The pancake must be so thin that the filling is visible through it when held to light.
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