Dotted with bits of vegetables and seafood or meat, savory pancakes are both a popular side dish on the Korean dinner table and a beloved street-food snack. To make them more elegant, we’ve kept these crisp, colorful pancakes on the small side so they can be easily picked up with chopsticks and eaten in a few bites.
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Shrimp and Scallion Pancakes
Serves8 (first course)
- Active time:45 min
- Start to finish:45 min
March 2009
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 bunch scallions, cut into thin matchsticks
- 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into thin matchsticks
- 1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled and halved lengthwise
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil, divided
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Accompaniment:
soy-pickled jalapeños including liquid
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Preheat oven to 200ºF. Set a rack in a 4-sided sheet pan and put in oven.
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Mince and mash garlic with 3/4 tsp salt, then whisk together with water, eggs, and sesame oil. Whisk in flour until smooth. Stir in scallions, bell pepper, and shrimp.
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Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Stir batter, then cook pancakes in batches of 4 (2 Tbsp each, with some vegetables and 1 or 2 pieces shrimp), pressing down lightly with a large spatula to flatten and evenly distribute vegetables, turning once, until golden and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels, then transfer to rack in oven to keep warm. Add oil to skillet between batches as needed.
Cooks’ Note: Pancakes can be kept warm up to 1 hour.
- Keywords
- lillian chou,
- seafood,
- korean,
- asian,
- pancake
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Korean food is among the most accessible of Asian cuisines, as relatively simple textures and flavors—garlic, chiles, the sweet meatiness of short ribs—add up to a complex, beautifully balanced whole.
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