Category Archives: Side Dishes (Banchan)

Fish Cake Stir Fry (Eomuk-Japchae in Korean)

I had some fish cake left over after cooking Ddeokbokki the other day.
It is quite a common side dish in Korea but I haven’t cooked this way before. Though it turned out much better than I expected.

Ingredients for 2 people
(expected preparation time :7 minutes, cooking time :5 minutes)

  • Square fish cake 2 sheetseomuk fry ingredients
  • 1/4 each of a red capsicum and a yellow capsicum
  • 1/2 an onion
  • 1/4 a carrot
  • 1/5 a zucchini
  • Some olive oil

-Seasoning sauce (mix these together in a bowl):

  • Soy sauce -1 tbsp
  • Corn syrup -1 tbsp
  • Refined rice wine -1 tsp
  • 1 small size squashed garlic
  • Sesame oil – 1 tsp

-Preparationeomuk fry preparation

  1. Thin slice all the vegetables.
  2. Parboil the fish cake (for my husband, that means boil it very briefly). (To get rid of its oil :This is a new tip I learned yesterday.)
  3. Thin slice the fish cake.

-Cooking

eomuk stir frying process
  1. Pre heat the wok for about 20 seconds.
  2. Put some olive oil into the wok.
  3. Add all the vegetables (except capsicums)
  4. Stir it for about 3 minutes.
  5. Add capsicums and fish cake.
  6. Stir it for about 2 minutes.
  7. Add the seasoning sauce and stir it for about 1 minute.
  8. Serve it on the plate.
Eomuk

Tips :
I add some rice next to this dish and add some tomato sauce (ketchup)
It turned out to be a good, quick, and simple meal.

eomuk on rice

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