“Jang” is a kind of seasoning, like soy sauce (Gan jang in Korean), soy bean paste (Doen jang in Korean), or chilli paste (Gochu jang in Korean). Therefore “Jang Ddeok” means pancakes seasoned with some kind of sauce that I mentioned above. Its name can change depending on what kind of sauce, vegetable and meat you add in it.
Since I add sesame leaves the most, I will name this meal sesame leaves pancakes.
Ingredients for 2 people
- Flour mix -1 cup : You can just use flour. (I got this flour mix for free when I bought something else. I can’t remember what it was though. It is a mix of flour, salt, sugar, corn powder etc. Usually you can get this for under 1500 won (Us $ 1.60))
- Water -3/4 cup
- Chili paste (Gochujang) -1 tsp
- 5 sesame leaves
- 1/4 a zucchini
- 1 green chili
- 4 stalks of spring onions
- 1/4 an onion
Preparation
1. Thin slice the zucchini, onion, sesame leaves and diagonally slice the chili.
2. Cut the spring onions into medium size pieces.
3. Sieve the flour mix into a big bowl.
4. Add the water. Stir it.
5. Add the chili paste and mix it. Add all the vegetables.
Cooking
- Pre heat the pan.
- Put some oil in (about 1 tbsp).
- Scoop out (one spoonful at a time) the mixed pancake, with a spoon, on to the pan.
- Turn them over when the bottom part cooks.
- When both sides cook, serve them on the plate.
- I usually serve them with a small bowl of soy sauce (mix with one dash of vinegar) for dipping. Or you can make some fancy dipping sauce like I made for squid pancakes.
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