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Seafood Pancake

  • Serves

    serves 2-4

SAVEUR Recipe

(Hey Mul Pa Jun)

This version of pa jun, a popular Korean dish, is served at Dok Suni's and Do Hwa in Manhattan.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. rice vinegar
  • 12 tsp. sugar
  • 12 tsp. sesame seeds
  • 1 cup flour
  • 12 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • 12 tsp. beef or chicken stock
  • 3-4 scallions, dark green and light green parts only, halved crosswise, then light green parts halved lengthwise
  • 12 small carrot, peeled, trimmed, and julienned
  • 12 fresh hot green chile, stemmed, seeded, and sliced
  • 1-2 large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and chopped
  • 1 squid, cleaned and chopped
  • 1 shucked oyster, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Instructions

Step 1

Put soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, 2 tbsp water, and sesame seeds into a small bowl. Stir to combine. Set dipping sauce aside.

Step 2

Whisk flour, salt, egg, garlic, stock, and ¾ cup water together in a medium bowl until smooth. Stir in scallions, carrots, chiles, shrimp, squid, and oysters.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Pour in batter, spreading mixture out to cover surface of skillet evenly. Cook pancake until golden brown on underside, 6-8 minutes. Flip pancake using 2 spatulas and cook until cooked through, 5-6 minutes. Cut pancake into quarters and serve with dipping sauce.

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