Korean Pajeon (Spring Onion Pancake)

Name: Korean Pajeon (Spring Onion Pancake)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 2 cups cold sparkling water; 1 egg; 1 tsp salt; 2 bunches spring onions, cut into 5cm pieces; 100g squid or prawn (optional); oil for frying; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp sesame oil; sesame seeds for dipping sauce

Crispy Korean spring onion pancake with seafood and a soy dipping sauce. Using sparkling water in the batter rather than still gives pajeon its characteristic light crispness, since the bubbles create tiny air pockets as it cooks.

Total time

25 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Korean

Ingredients

2 cupsplain flour

2 cupscold sparkling water

1egg

1 tspsalt

2 bunchesspring onions, cut into 5cm pieces

100gsquid or prawn (optional)

oilfor frying

3 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbsprice vinegar

1 tspsesame oil

sesame seedsfor dipping sauce

Instructions

Mix flour, sparkling water, egg and salt into a thin batter.

Lay spring onions and seafood in a well-oiled pan.

Pour batter over to cover.

Cook over medium-high 4 minutes until set and golden underneath.

Flip carefully.

Cook 3 more minutes.

Make dipping sauce: soy, vinegar, sesame oil and seeds.

Serve cut into wedges.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

265

Protein

9.1g

Fat

Carbs

49.1g

Fiber

Sodium

1107mg

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