Korean

Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake)

Name: Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 2 korean squash (hobak); 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 eggs; 1/2 tsp salt; 3 tbsp cooking oil; 2 tbsp soy sauce

Seung-ho @seunghojang

Hobak-jeon (Zucchini 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.

20 min Medium Eggetarian Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 korean squash (hobak)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp soy sauce

How to cook it

Slice the squash into thin rounds and salt them lightly, letting them sit 5 minutes, then pat dry.
Dredge each round in the flour, tapping off the excess, then dip into beaten egg.
Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and fry the rounds in a single layer, about 2 minutes per side, until golden.
Serve warm with the soy sauce for dipping.

Watch how to cook Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

이걸 알면 다른 전은 못 먹어요｜이영자 호박전 황금레시피 Play the video

Serve it with

A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
  
  18 min
What it is eaten with
- Boribap (Barley Rice)
  
  35 min
The sharp little thing
- Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
  
  60 min
- Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
  
  10 min

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. Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake) carries gluten, eggs, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Godeungeo-gui (Salt-Grilled Mackerel)
Shellfish	No
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: 200 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 15 g
Fat: 13 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 770 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Hobak-jeon (Zucchini Pancake) takes about 20 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.