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Korean seafood pancake

Korean seafood pancakes (or “Haemul Pajeon” in Korean), is a popular savoury pancake, typically is readily available at Korean restaurants, traditionally cut into wedges to share. The first time Christian Qi made this for his Korean girlfriend, she loved it. Now, she’s his wife.

Korean seafood pancake

Credit: Jiwon Kim

  • serves

    2

  • prep

    5 minutes

  • cook

    10 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

2

people

preparation

5

minutes

cooking

10

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup (150 g) plain flour
  • ½ tsp bicarb soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 200 ml ice-cold water
  • 150 g mixed seafood, rinsed and patted dry
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 spring onion, sliced into 3 – 5 cm lengths
  • 1 long red chilli, diagonally sliced
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
For the dipping sauce 
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp finely chopped red chilli
  • 1 tsp finely chopped green chilli
  • pinch of sugar

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, bicarbonate soda, the salt and water and mix well to combine.

2. Add the mixed seafood, onion, spring onion and chilli to the batter and gently mix to combine.

3. Heat a large frying pan over high heat and add the vegetable oil. Once the pan is hot, pour in the pancake batter and use your spatula to round the edges into a pancake shape.

4. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 6 minutes until browned on the bottom, then flip and cook for a further 3 minutes, or until cooked through and golden on both sides. Transfer to a serving plate.

5. To make the dipping sauce, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and mix well to combine. Serve the Korean seafood pancake with the dipping sauce.


Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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Published 29 November 2023 9:03am
By Christian (Haotian) Qi
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