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Edmonton Green Onion Cake

Also known as: Edmonton Green Onion Cakes

Layered savoury onion cakes with a crisp exterior and softer centre.

Edmonton Green Onion Cake — illustrative food image

About Edmonton Green Onion Cake

Siu To's original green onion cake is a landmark of Edmonton's Chinese Canadian food scene. His account connects the pan-fried cakes with the northern Chinese home cooking he learned as a child.

A flour dough is layered with finely chopped green onions, vegetable shortening, vegetable oil, salt and sesame oil. Rolling, cutting and folding distribute the filling before each portion is pressed into a round.

Pan-frying produces a crisp exterior around a softer centre. The cakes can be eaten plain; sweet-and-sour sauce, sambal oelek and sour cream are among the accompaniments described at his restaurant.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Wheat, Sesame.

Optional additions: Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Edmonton Green Onion Cake

Siu To's original Edmonton pan-fried green onion cake.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual128/140 ordinary allpurpose wheat flour; broad wheat-flour candidate, no brand formula assumed.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual129/141 dough water.
  • Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual130/142; full compound product formula unprovided.
  • Baking soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual131/143 separate named raising agent.
  • Finely chopped green onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual132/145.
  • Vegetable shortening: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual133/146; vegetable source and exact formula unresolved, no Soy inferred.
  • Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual134/147 filling allocation, exact oil species unprovided.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual135/148.
  • Sesame oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Actual136/149 explicit sesame identity.
  • Canola oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual111 explicitly panfried in Canola oil; separate from filling vegetableoil.
  • Sweet-and-sour sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual111 optional restaurant dip, exact recipe/formula unresolved.
  • Sambal oelek (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual111 optional restaurant dip, full product formula unresolved.
  • Sour cream (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual111 Siu suggested optional dip.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Canada
  • CanadaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Brian Cicioni, InsideHook - Mr. Siu To's Green Onion Cake