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    Green Onion and Shallot Sourdough Discard Pancakes

    Posted: Aug 7, 2020 Last Modified: Aug 15, 2020 by Carmy · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    These Green Onion and Shallot Sourdough Discard Pancakes are crispy, tangy, and oh so easy to make! Make these savoury pancakes as a snack or a meal!

    What is Sourdough Discard

    Sourdough discard is the portion of your sourdough starter that you get rid of whenever you do a feeding. While some people toss their sourdough discard, I save mine because I feel bad “wasting” all the flour that was used towards the starter.

    Overtime, you’ll accumulate quite a bit of discard so here’s a delicious recipe for you to try. It only takes a handful of ingredients and has a tasty tangy flavour that you’ll recognize from sourdough bread.

    Sourdough Discard

    Originally, when I made sourdough discard pancakes, all I did was fry up the sourdough discard with some salt and kimchi. It was SO good, I was making it whenever I had enough discard for a pancake.

    However, because each pancake was made by just the discard, I was getting impatient lol. So I had to figure out how to “extend” the discard. After a couple of attempts of adding spoonfuls of flour and water, I nailed it! So want to know what to do with a cup of sourdough discard? Make these pancakes!

    These are not the same as the traditional scallion pancakes that require proofing dough, rolling it/folding in scallions and Chinese five spice/flattening it, then frying it. This is more like a lazy crepe version since the traditional method is usually a weekend morning/afternoon project for me whereas this sourdough discard version takes minutes from start to finish!

    What You’ll Need To Make These Savoury Discard Pancakes

    • sourdough discard: I use mine directly from the fridge, chilled.
    • egg: doesn’t matter if it’s room temp or chilled
    • flour: regular all purpose flour is what I used
    • water
    • garlic powder
    • salt
    • green onions
    • shallots
    • olive oil

    How To Make Green Onion and Shallot Sourdough Discard Pancakes

    two measuring cups: one containing sourdough discard, flour, and egg, the other with green onions and shallots

    • Stir to combine the sourdough discard, egg, flour and water. Then add in the garlic powder, salt, green onions, and shallots.
    • On medium heat, coat a pan with olive oil and pour 1/3 of the mixture into the pan, let the pancake cook for around 3-4 minutes. The top of the pancake should go from liquidy to looking taut and slightly solid.
    • Brush the top or drizzle the top of the pancake with more olive oil before flipping the pancake over with a large spatula. Repeat the process twice or until the pancakes are golden to your liking.
    • Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
    • Cut into 6 or 8 slices with a knife and serve with soy sauce or sauce of your choice.

    green onion and shallot sourdough discard pancakes

    Variations

    • swap the green onions and shallots for kimchi for a extra tangy taste
    • I’ve added stir fried beef to this before, I highly recommend it
    • don’t have shallots? swap with regular onions
    • don’t have green onions? chives can work in a pinch!

    three green onion and shallot sourdough discard pancakes

    Tips and Notes

    • Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to a week.
    • As I mentioned earlier, you can totally do this with just plain sourdough discard without the flour, egg, and water! It’s even more tangy and I love it!
    • You could also called these scallion sourdough discard pancakes as scallion and green onions are the same thing. They may be labelled as one or the other at the store.

    Green Onion and Shallot Sourdough Discard Pancakes

    These Green Onion and Shallot Sourdough Discard Pancakes are crispy, tangy, and oh so easy to make! Make these savoury pancakes as a snack or a meal!
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 30 minutes mins
    Total Time: 40 minutes mins
    Servings: 3 servings

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup sourdough discard
    • 1 egg
    • 1/4 cup flour
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 1 tbsp garlic powder
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 1/2 cup green onions, or more
    • 2 shallots, sliced thinly
    • olive oil

    Instructions

    • Stir to combine the sourdough discard, egg, flour and water. Then add in the garlic powder, salt, green onions, and shallots.
    • On medium heat, coat a pan with olive oil and pour 1/3 of the mixture into the pan, let the pancake cook for around 3-4 minutes. The top of the pancake should go from liquidy to looking taut and slightly solid.
    • Brush the top or drizzle the top of the pancake with more olive oil before flipping the pancake over with a large spatula. Repeat the process twice with 2-3 minutes on each side or until the pancakes are golden to your liking.
    • Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
    • Cut into 6 or 8 slices with a knife and serve with soy sauce or sauce of your choice.
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    Author: Carmy
    Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
    Cuisine: Asian
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