Crispy Kimchi Scallion Pancake 🥞🇰🇷

Description

A shatteringly crisp kimchi pancake with scallions and onions, pan fried until lacy at the edges, served with a sharp soy vinegar dip.
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One bowl batter, one hot pan, and that addictive crunchy chew you usually only get at a great restaurant.

Ingredients

• Pancake
• 🥬 200 g well fermented kimchi, chopped (1½ cups / 7 oz)
• 🥣 30 ml kimchi juice (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🧅 60 g yellow onion, thin sliced (½ cup / 2.1 oz)
• 🧅 80 g scallions, cut into 5 cm pieces (1 cup / 2.8 oz)
• 🌾 180 g all purpose flour (1½ cups / 6.3 oz)
• 🌾 40 g cornstarch or potato starch (⅓ cup / 1.4 oz)
• 🧂 3 g fine sea salt (½ tsp / 0.1 oz)
• ⚫ 1 g black pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🥚 1 large egg, optional for extra structure (1)
• 💧 200 ml cold water (¾ cup / 6.8 fl oz)
• 🫒 30–45 ml neutral oil, for frying (2–3 tbsp / 1–1½ fl oz)
• Dipping sauce
• 🥣 30 ml soy sauce (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🍶 15 ml rice vinegar (1 tbsp / ½ fl oz)
• 💧 15 ml water (1 tbsp / ½ fl oz)
• 🍬 5 g sugar (1 tsp / 0.18 oz)
• 🌱 3 g sesame seeds (1 tsp / 0.1 oz)
• 🌶️ 1 g chili flakes, optional (½ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🧅 10 g scallion, finely sliced (2 tbsp / 0.35 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Mix the dipping sauce
2. Stir soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, sugar, sesame seeds, optional chili flakes, and scallion until the sugar dissolves. 🥣
3. 2️⃣ Make the batter
4. In a large bowl whisk flour, starch, salt, and pepper. Whisk in cold water, kimchi juice, and optional egg until smooth. 🥣
5. 3️⃣ Add the fillings
6. Fold in chopped kimchi, onion, and scallions until everything is coated and the batter looks thick but pourable. 🥬
7. 4️⃣ Heat the pan correctly
8. Heat a 28 cm (11 in) nonstick or well seasoned skillet over medium high for 2 minutes. Add 15 ml (1 tbsp / ½ fl oz) oil and swirl to coat. 🔥
9. 5️⃣ Pan fry until lacey
10. Pour in the batter and spread into an even round. Cook 4–5 minutes until the bottom is deep golden and the edges look crisp and lacy. 🥞
11. 6️⃣ Flip and finish
12. Drizzle 10–15 ml (2–3 tsp / 0.34–0.5 fl oz) oil around the edges, flip, then cook 3–4 minutes until the second side is golden and crisp. 🔥
13. 7️⃣ Rest, slice, serve
14. Rest 2 minutes, then slice into wedges and serve immediately with the dipping sauce. ✨

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 12 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 9 min
🛋️ Rest: 2 min
⏰ Total: 23 min

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