Vegetable Pancake (Yachaejeon) — Maangchi
Maangchi's April 2018 official remake showing vegetable-only yachaejeon. This is not the creator's older seafood version.
Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBECrispy Korean Zucchini, Sweet Potato and Mushroom Vegetable Pancake
One 30 cm Korean vegetable pancake for two people, combining zucchini, sweet potato, mushroom, onion and green onions in a thin flour batter. Adapted from Maangchi's egg-free, seafood-free vegetable yachaejeon.
Ingredients
servings: 2 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Cut four green onions into 2.5 cm lengths; julienne 85 g zucchini, 85 g onion and 1/3 cup sweet potato. Slice optional 1/3 cup leek and one green chili; thinly slice one mushroom and reserve it.
- 02
Mix 15 ml soy sauce, 10 ml vinegar, 1 tsp sesame seeds and optional 1 tsp chili flakes in a small dipping bowl.
- 03
Combine all prepared vegetables except the mushroom with about 95 g flour, 1/2 tsp salt and 180 ml water, stirring until thinly coated.
- 04
Heat a roughly 30 cm nonstick skillet over medium-high, swirl in 30 ml oil and spread the batter thinly. Lower to medium, press mushroom slices on top and cook 4–5 minutes until the base is golden.
- 05
Flip the pancake, add the remaining 15 ml oil around the edge so it reaches underneath, and cook another 3–4 minutes. Check that the sweet potato and flour batter are cooked through.
- 06
Turn once more and cook two minutes. Cut the hot pancake into two portions and serve at once with the dipping sauce, taking care with splattering oil.
Before you cook
Contains wheat in flour, soy in dipping soy sauce and sesame; some soy sauce also contains wheat. Check packaging, rinse vegetables and fully cook the sweet potato and flour batter. Avoid hot oil. Refrigerate leftovers promptly in shallow containers within two hours at 4°C (40°F) or below, and reheat to 74°C (165°F).
Allergens: wheat/gluten (flour), soy (dipping soy sauce), sesame (dipping sauce), soy sauce may also contain wheat; check package
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