Kimchi Pancake

Kimchi Pancake is a homemade fast food recipe ready in 20 min. It makes 4 servings, each 240 kcal with 6 g protein. Intermediate level, 14 ingredients.

Recipe by @bitesofberi, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 20 mintotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 240kcal a serving
  • 6 gprotein
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Kimchi Pancake

What is Kimchi Pancake

Kimchi jeon: a Korean pan-fried pancake full of chopped kimchi and spring onion, crispy outside and served with a soy dipping sauce.

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How to make Kimchi Pancake

Tips from the cook

  • Use water as cold as possible and enough oil: that is what makes it crispy. Still soft? Add a little potato starch to the batter.
  • Hard to flip? Make 2 or 4 smaller pancakes, or slide it onto a plate and turn it back into the pan.
  • Shrimp or pork mince can go into the batter; then cook the pancake right through.
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Kimchi Pancake substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Soy sauce2 options
  • Tamari (labelled gluten-free) 1:1

    Still soy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Coconut aminos 1:1 (sweeter, use a bit more salt)

    Less salty; dark, sold in health-food aisles.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Egg2 options
  • Flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water) per egg

    Not above 3 eggs, not sponge.

  • 60 g unsweetened applesauce per egg

    Denser.

From the cook: flax egg works.

Kimchi juice0 option
    Kimchi2 options
    • Vegan kimchi (fish-sauce-free) 1:1
    • Sauerkraut + pinch of chilli flakes 1:1

      Less spicy.

    Spring onions2 options
    • Chives 1:1 by volume, add at end

      Not cooked well.

    • Leek, thin use 1/2 as much (stronger)
    Gochugaru2 options
    • Sweet paprika + cayenne (3:1) 1:1 by volume

      Less fruity.

    • Sweet paprika alone 1:1

      No heat.

    Sesame seeds2 options
    • Leave out (garnish only) leave out (garnish only)
    • Poppy seeds 1:1

      Different flavour.

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