Kimchi Pancakes, also known as ‘kimchi buchimgae’ or ‘kimchijeon’ are one of my must-orders whenever I visit a Korean restaurant. I had some spare Kimchi in the fridge so decided to whip up some pancakes. This dish only took me 15 minutes to make and is perfect served as an appetiser! Crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. For this recipe, you can use premixed flour from the Asian supermarket but if you don’t have any, I find all purpose flour with a bit of corn flour and baking powder works the same. I also like the fact that it’s such a versatile dish: you can also add seafood or any other type of vegetables to make your own spin to it.
Kimchi Pancakes (Kimchi buchimgae / kimchijeon)
Delicious and easy to make Korean kimchi pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour you can get premixed Korean pancake flour in Asian supermarkets, but I found that 1 cup of all purpose flour sifted in with 2 tsp of corn starch and 1 tsp baking powder works out the same
- 1 1/2 cup water adjust accordingly to get the texture you prefer, less water = thicker denser pancakes
- 100 g Kimchi + Juice the liquid from the kimchi, which gives the pancake the nice orange colour
- 50 g green onions sliced into smaller pieces
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Cooking oil
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, water, and a bit of salt and pepper until there are no more clumps
- Add the kimchi + kimchi juice + chopped green onions into the flour mix then give it a quick swirl until it’s well combined
- Optional: you can add some seafood to make the seafood variant
- Heat up a pan, add cooking oil to cover the entire surface
- Once oil is hot, pour the mixture into the pan then after about 5 minutes, flip over
- I like it to be really crispy on the outside so after the first time flipping, I brushed a bit of oil on the top of the pancake and flip it again then repeat on the other side. Flip it a few times until it’s nice and golden.
- Finish by sprinkling some sesame seeds and consume with some soy sauce (I like to dilute mine with a bit or rice vinegar and sesame oil)
- That’s it, enjoy 😋
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