Dan Can Cook: Haemul Pajeon (Korean Seafood and Onion Pancake) with Recipe

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Here is a video of me making seafood pancake (haemul pajeon) from Kim from Culinary Confessions, a very popular food radio show in Phoenix, Arizona, along the recipe. See folks, I can cook a bit^^ Come join us at O’ngo Food Communications to take a food tour or cooking class!

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Scallion Pancakes

Feel free to add Carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, bean sprouts and kimchi are also popular fillings for Korean scallion pancakes.Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
corn starch ( optional) approx. 1 tablespoon
1 eggs, beaten
3/4 cups ice water – use only what is necessary
1 bunch of scallions, halved and cut into 2-3 inch lengths
scallops, shrimp, calamari – approx. 1/4 cup
chili peppers cut in thin rings
1 egg scrambled
Vegetable Oil for cooking

The Sauce
1 part rice wine vinegar
1 part soy sauce
1 pinch chili powder

Preparation:
Pour water in flour and mix until consistency of yogurt.
Heat pan
Add Oil
place scallions down
pour on the flour mixture
add the fish & chili’s
add the scrambled egg
flip
cook until crisp
SERVE WITH THE DIPPING SAUCE.

Heat a saute pan over medium heat and coat with a thin layer of oil.

Pour batter to fill pan in a thin layer (about 1/3 of your batter should fill a regular saute pan).

Cook for 3-4 minutes until set and golden brown on bottom.

Turn over with help of spatula or plate (or flip it in the air if you are good at that) and finish by cooking 1-2 more minutes, adding more oil if necessary.

Serve with soy or spicy dipping sauce.

(Serves 4 as an appetizer or a side dish)

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About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor. Daniel can be found at the links below or at Google+.