Korean
Haemul-pajeon (Seafood Scallion Pancake)
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Haemul-pajeon (Seafood Scallion Pancake) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Chop the shrimp and squid into small pieces and trim the scallions to the length of the pan.
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Whisk the all-purpose flour, rice flour, water, and egg into a thin batter.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, lay the scallions in a single layer, scatter the shrimp and squid over, and pour the batter on top.
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Fry 5 minutes per side, pressing occasionally, until golden and the seafood is cooked through.
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Slice into wedges and serve with the soy sauce and rice vinegar whisked together as a dip.
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Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Haemul-pajeon (Seafood Scallion Pancake), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Haemul-pajeon (Seafood Scallion Pancake) carries gluten, shellfish, eggs, and soy. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Shellfish | Yes | Beef Bibimbap |
| Eggs | Yes | Beef Bulgogi |
| Soy | Yes | Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 27 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 550 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Haemul-pajeon (Seafood Scallion Pancake) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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