These Moo Shu Vegetable Pancakes filled with cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, onions and laced with ginger and hoisin sauce are a perfect Chinese New Year dinner. Moo Shu is a Chinese stir fry served with thin Mandarin pancakes…think Asian tacos.
Makes 6-8 filled pancakes or tortillas
Ingredients:
- 6-8 cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced (about 4 oz.)
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
- 3 cups shredded green or red cabbage or bok choy tightly packed (a mixture of 2 or 3 is more colorful)
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced, divided
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 cup hoisin sauce, divided
- 6-8 Mandarin pancakes or wheat flour tortillas
Directions:
- Prepare your vegetables, ginger and eggs and gather all your ingredients.
- Heat a large skillet or wok to medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add the beaten eggs to the pan and cover with a lid. Cook the eggs to almost set, then flip and cook the other side for 30 seconds or just until the eggs are fully set.
- Remove the eggs from the pan and slice into strips. Set aside.
- Heat the large skillet or wok to high heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Add the mushrooms, carrots and onions and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the shredded cabbage, half the scallions and ginger. Stir fry for another 2-3 minutes or until the veggies are bright in color and softened, but not over cooked.
- Sprinkle the vegetable mixture with garlic powder and add 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce. Toss to coat and warm the sauce.
- Remove the skillet or wok from the heat. Add egg strips and the remaining half of the scallions to the vegetable mixture. Stir to combine.
- To serve, drizzle a line of hoisin sauce across the Mandarin pancake or wheat flour tortilla. Fill each pancake or tortilla with about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the stir fry vegetable egg mixture. Roll or fold over and enjoy.
Tips:
- It’s important to prep, measure, chop and gather ingredients on a platter or in small bowls before you start cooking. Everything cooks in 5 to 6 minutes, so there is no time to chop or prep once you begin.
- For another option, serve this moo shu vegetable stir fry over rice instead of with pancakes.
- Omit the eggs to make this recipe vegan.