Turkey Meats Corn and Eggs say Pancake

Wow!  What kind of title is that?

Don't we all jumble our words from time to time?  Don't we all, as mothers, when we open the pantry door or the fridge and say - what can I cook tonight?  This does not seem to go with that and; there, there's a left over baked potato from 2 nights ago ......

Tonight is one of those nights, with Senior being away, my fridge is half empty; and I just marinated a 3 lb package of minced turkey meat which was on sale - I stared at the bowl for a long time and wah la, a light bulb turned on!

Bottom line: I only want to cook one dish and it should contain some of this minced meat and vegetables.

I remembered a dish that my mom would make for us when she was in the mood for extra work.  It is called 煎蛋角(mini pan fried savory egg pancakes).  It is made with fish paste and eggs.  I quickly got to work and here I present to you, my version of pan fried mini pancake with minced turkey meat, frozen corn, mashed potato, and eggs.

Marinate the minced meat with salt, soya sauce, pinch of sugar, cooking wine and corn starch.  About half a pound of meat is good enough for 2-3 servings.  Mash one cooked potato and mix with meat, add about half a cup of frozen corn too.  For added flavor, I also chopped up some cilantro and garlic real fine and mixed them in.  Finally, I cracked 3 eggs and mixed in with all these ingredients.  

Heat the pan with some olive oil, spoon in the mixture as if you are frying pancakes.  Pressing flat the pancake a little bit, this way it is quicker for the pancake to be cooked through.  Have patient, do not turn the pan cakes until they are well formed.  You might want to turn the fire to medium or medium low.  You only need to turn it once.  Just be sure both sides are golden brown and all meats are evenly cooked through.

Remember, you can substitute meat with fish paste which you can find in the butcher or the frozen section in a Chinese grocery store.   You can also substitute cilantro with scallion.  If you are using fish, don't add the potato or the corn.  I added the potato because I really happened to have an old cooked potato sitting in my fridge.  Also, very important: if you are using fish paste, stir in only one direction.

Serve with soya sauce for dipping.  I did not need to dip as it is already very flavorful.  Junior ate two big bowls of rice with many pancakes and lots of soya sauce.  We had a great dinner.  I hope you will try this out and let me know whether you like it.