Hi, everybody! I’m going to introduce 2 kinds of kimchijeon to you today: chopped kimchi pancake and non-chopped kimchi pancake.
The kimchijeon made with chopped kimchi is very easy and simple to make. You don’t need any special ingredients as long as you have some kimchi in your fridge. I usually make this style of kimchijeon at home.
The kimchijeon made with whole kimchi leaves is what I would call a kind of upgraded kimchijeon. ; )
Have you ever seen this kind of kimchijeon? My late grandmother used to make it for us. I thought this style of kimchijeon looked very special when I saw her cooking this pancake for the first time. I remember what I thought when I saw her making this pancake: “Hmm, grandma treats the kimchi leaf like a slice of fish? Interesting!” but I never told her what I thought. I just watched what she was doing.
I miss my grandmother now. She would be so proud of me if she knew I was posting her recipe here!
Which recipe would you like better? : )
In the video, I’m showing how to cut the big round chopped kimchi kimchijeon (12 inches wide because my frying pan is 12 inches wide) into bite sized pieces, but as I mentioned in the video, you could serve it right out of the pan without cutting. It’s usually served as family snack that way. Use your chopsticks to tear a piece of the kimchijeon from the plate. It may be difficult to do alone because the rest of the kimchijeon should remain on the plate for everyone else. So one of your family members should grab the pancake with her or his chopsticks so you can tear more easily. Helping each other is very important when you eat this way!
“Let me eat some, I need someone’s help! Grab the corner of this pancake for me, plz!”
If you cut it into bite sized pieces, it’s usually served as a side dish. It’s a popular side dish for lunch box, too.
Enjo~yee the recipe! : )
Kimchijeon made with chopped kimchi
Yield:
2 -4 servings
Ingredients:
Kimchi, onion, salt, sugar, flour, vegetable oil.
Directions:
- In a bowl, place 1 cup of chopped kimchi, 3 tbs of kimchi juice, 2 tbs chopped onion, ½ ts salt, ½ ts sugar, ½ cup flour (all purpose flour), and ¼ cup of water and mix it well with a spoon.
- Heat up a 12 inch non-stick pan over medium high heat and drizzle about 2 tbs grape seed oil.
- Place the mixture of kimchi pancake batter on the pan and spread it thinly and evenly with a spoon.
- Cook it for 1-1 ½ minutes until the bottom gets golden brown and crispy.
- Turn it over with a spatula or flip it.
- Lower the heat to medium and cook for another 1½ minutes.
- Turn it over one more time and cook for 30 seconds before transfering it to a serving plate.
*tip: Serve it right out of the pan or cool it down and cut it into bite size to serve.
Kimchi pancake made with whole kimchi leaves
Ingredients:
Kimchi, ground pork, tofu, onion chives (or green onions), onion, salt, black ground pepper, sesame oil, egg, flour, grape seed oil.
Directions:
Prepare kimchi
- Prepare 6-7 kimchi leaves (6-7 inches long – 16 cm) and ½ cup flour in a plate.
- Coat both sides of each kimchi leaf in the flour by hand.
Make meat mixture
- In a small bowl, add 2 tbs ground pork (or beef), 2 tbs tofu (after gently squeezing out excess water with a paper towel), 1 ts chopped onion chives (or green onion), 1 tbs chopped onion, a pinch of salt and black ground pepper, 1 ts of sesame oil, and mix the mixture well with a spoon.
- Set aside.
Make the pancakes
- Place 1 egg in a small bowl and add a pinch of salt. Beat it with a fork.
- Add some of the meat-tofu mix on one side of a kimchi stem. Add some flour on top of the mixture.
- Put some of the meat-tofu mix on the rest of kimchi leaves.
- Heat up a non-stick pan and add some grape seed oil (or vegetable oil).
- Coat each kimchi leaf with beaten egg mix and place on the heated pan.
*tip: the meat mixture should be bottom of the pan
- When the bottom of the kimchi pancake turns golden brown (1 or 1½ minutes), turn it over and cook another minute.
- Turn it over one more time and cook another 30 seconds before transfering it to a serving plate.
*tip: you can serve it as it is or cut it into bite size before serving
I made this recipe but I had to use rice flour. I have Celiac Disease. It came together nicely but I think the rice flour drowned the kimchi taste. I will have to try this recipe again with a different flour.
ok, I hope your next batch of kimchi pancake turns out better.
for the kimchijeon,I didn’t cut up the kimchi in little tiny bite size pieces, but left them as they were in the jar. my pancake didn’t come out the way yours did.
Hi, I just made the typical vegetarian style kimchi jeon for me and DSS (16yrs). Wonderful! It took me back to the nights of staggering slightly at 4am in Shinchon and Itaewon… but I didn’t tell DSS about that :)
Maangchi, RESPECT for your flipping skills! There won’t be any pictures of my kimchi jeon for some time, but it sure tasted delicious.
DSS? : ) “staggering slightly at 4am in Shinchon and Itaewon..” lol
Dear step son ;)
haha, I forgot about the question! Thank you! How can I know the abbreviation? btw your DSS has a cool step mom who provides delicious homemade food!
Hi Maangchi! I am your fan! I live in Los Angeles and view your website a lot….I had a quick question about the kimchi pancake. The one I made tasted GOOD but it came out a bit moist and doughy in the middle, how can i make it crispy all the way? Thank you!
no problem! Make thinner pancakes and use more cooking oil. Spread the mixture of kimchi and batter as thinly as possible.
hi!
i’ve just made these kimchijeon, but have replaced the onions with fried onions (have got these from the local asian grocery), and it was awesome! yum! tq very much
good news! Thank you!
I made this earlier today, (The chopped Kimchi Pancake) and my family said it tasted like the store bought pancake! We made two because the pan wasn’t as big as yours. :3 We made the made the dipping sause out of soy sauce and gochu garu (Hot pepper flakes)We dipped them in the sauce (and without the sauce) and it was the BEST! Simple and EASY!!! : D
~tsirhcevoli
I used only a small pinch of salt though!
“it was the BEST!” I’m very happy to hear that!
Yeah, This is how I know other people lived it too. It was gone in 1 minute! They asked for more! I used the last of our kimchi we made 1 month ago!(Your recipe) Thank you!
Whoops! Liked not lived!
Hey Maangchi! Just wondering,
what’s a good dipping sauce to pair up with this recipe?
Thank you!
You don’t need dipping sauce for kimchijeon because it’s already salty enough.
I made this for breakfast too today! And it was great! I made the cut up kimchi pancakes. The only difference was I used scallions instead of onions because I cannot digest onions. But they still came out awesome! Thanks Maangchi!
You are a smart cook! Cheers! “I used scallions instead of onions ..”
I LOVE the Squid Kimchi I learned From Maangchis Recipes !! I cant wait to make these Pancakes also ! I also really Love Mae Woon Gyeran Jjim and Ojingeochae Muchim !! I hope I spelled correctly ! Maangchi has taught Us so many recipes ! Thank You !
I knew you would like this recipe. You are a real kimchi lover! : )
yes, they are all correct spelling.
Mae Woon Gyeran Jjim:
http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/egg-side-dishes
Ojingeochae Muchim:
http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/ojingeochae-muchim
I made this for breakfast this morning. And it was awesome. :)
Thank you for the update! happy to hear that! : )
Maangchi! Thank you so much for your kimchi pancake recipe. It was incredibly good. I wanted to put rice in it and eat it like a kimchi pancake and rice burrito.
You added some rice to the pancake? It’s a terrific idea!
I know I already commented, but I just wanted to say I have made this dish 3 times since you posted it! It is so good. My husband and I have been eating chopped kimchi pancakes, and zucchini pancakes, along with rice and other side dishes, for a few days. It is really good. I love sour kimchi. This is a little off the subject but I even started growing my own zucchini for zucchini pancakes. Thank you Maangchi!
“I even started growing my own zucchini for zucchini pancakes” wow, the zucchini will be very precious when you harvest it. Exciting! : ) I am glad you and your husband enjoy kimchi pancakes, zucchini pancakes. yummy and healthy food.
hello
for this Kimchijeon recipe , i thought egg is added but i see that u did not add egg, will it still taste the same without the egg
for the first kimchi recipe made with chopped kimchi, I don’t use egg because I want to enjoy the real kimchi taste. If you want to use egg, use it.
How much tofu to meat in the whole leaf recipe? Can I just leave it out?
Maangchi, I’m also wondering if it’s possible to make jeon with a gluten free flour like rice or potato, or maybe a mix of the two. Have you ever seen this done, instead of wheat flour?
I don’t know the answer. Ask my other readers by leaving your questions here:
http://www.maangchi.com/talk/forum/general-discussion
But, you mention tofu in the instructions without listing an amount in the ingredients list? It looks like there is tofu in the meat mixture to stuff the kimchi leaves, too. I’m confused! What proportion of tofu to meat should we use? It looks delicious!
oh, I’m sorry! In the video, I used tofu but I forgot to mention it in the recipe. Use 2 tbs of tofu. I will add it to my recipe now.
I know you can use rice flour to make jeon, i ve had pa jeon made with rice flour, but its super chewy and sticky, so its kind of an aquired taste…
Wow I have never seen the kimchijeon with the whole leaves before. It looks so tasty! I like to fry with grapeseed oil too. It’s very healthy and good for high heat as well. My frying pan with be going “chee chee” tonight!
allo, I hope you had delicious kimchi pancake!