Vegetable pancake (yachaejeon)

Vegetable pancake / 야채전 / Yachaejeon (or ya chae jeon)

• Categories: appetizer, banchan, non spicy, pancake, seafood, sidedishes, snack
• Made with: Asian chives, eggs, flour, green chili pepper, green onion, salt, scallop, shrimp, vegetable oil, water, zucchini,
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• Originally posted on August 9, 2007 at 7:19 am by Maangchi

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I made vegetable pancake this time.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup flour, 2/3 cup water, 1 ts salt, 1 egg, some scallop and shrimp (optional),some green onions, Asian chives, zucchini, and green chili pepper and vegetable oil.

This food reminds me of my mother’s side grandmother who passed away a long time ago. When I was young, my mother used to send me and my siblings to her mother’s house located in a small village in the countryside during school vacation.

My grandmother was number one cook in the world!
Whatever she made, it was so tasty! I remember she made this vegetable pancake all afternoon because she had to feed so many family members. while she was cooking this pancake, we all waited watching what she was doing until it’s cooked. Once she brought it, we ate it very fast!

When it’s a rainy weekend, one of family members says, “Do we have some materials for “Jeon”(pancake)? Let’s make it!”

1. Place ½ cup of flour, 1 ts salt, ⅔ cup of water in a big bowl and mix it.
2. Chop ½ cup worth of green onions, 3 cups of Asian chives, and shred ½ cup of zucchini. This will make 4 cups of vegetables.
3. Put chopped vegetable into the mixture of flour and water and mix it up.
4. Chop 2/3 cup worth of shrimp and scallop.
5. In a big heated pan, put some oil and spread the vegetable pancake batter thinly. Lower the heat down to medium.
6. Place the chopped seafood over the top and press it down with a spoon or spatula.
7. When the pancake is cooked about 70%, beat one egg and spread it in the center of the pancake and cook a few minutes over low heat.
8. Turn the pancake over with a spatula.
9. Add more oil if needed, and serve it hot with dipping sauce by mixing 1 tbs of soy sauce and ½ tbs of vinegar.

*tip: To make it crispier, add oil more generously and use your spatula to lift the edge of your pancake so that vegetable oil can reach the center. Press the pancake slightly with your spatula.

Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Tagged: 전, korean appetizer, korean cooking, korean cuisine, korean food, korean recipe, Korean recipes, Maangchi, pancake, recipes, seafood, yachaejeon