Recipes

Haemul Pajeon Korean Seafood Pancake

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Description

The key to the texture of these crispy-chewy seafood pancakes is in the specialty Korean pancake and frying mixes.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup buchimgaru (korean pancake mix)
  • 1/2 cup twigim garu (korean frying mix)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1/2 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup shucked small oysters with juices
  • 1/4 cup shucked clams with juices
  • 1/4 cup peeled and deveined raw medium shrimp, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup cleaned 1/4-inch-thick squid rings
  • 4 teaspoons sesame oil

Directions

  1. Make the dipping sauce: Stir together soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar in a small bowl.
  2. Make the pancake: Whisk together pancake mix, frying mix, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in 1/2 cup water and egg. Fold in scallions, oysters, clams, shrimp, and squid.
  3. Heat sesame oil in a 10-inch skillet over moderately high heat until heated through, about 1 minute. Quickly add batter to pan and spread to edges with a rubber spatula while shaking pan. Cook until bottom is browned, about 5 minutes, shaking pan occasionally to keep it from sticking. Carefully flip pancake and cook until batter is set and bottom is browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate.
  4. Using scissors, cut pancake into 8 wedges and serve with dipping sauce.