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Alternative names | Korean pancake, buchim, jijim, jijimgae, jijimi, jeonbyeong |
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Type | Fritter |
Course | Appetizer, banchan, anju |
Place of origin | Korea |
Associated cuisine | Korean cuisine |
Main ingredients | Fish, meat, poultry, seafood, vegetable, flour, eggs |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 부침개 |
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Revised Romanization | buchimgae |
McCune–Reischauer | puch'imgae |
IPA | [pu.tɕʰim.ɡɛ̝] |
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Buchimgae (Korean: 부침개), or Korean pancake, refers broadly to any type of pan-fried ingredients soaked in egg or a batter mixed with other ingredients.[1][2][3] More specifically, it is a dish made by pan-frying a thick batter mixed with egg and other ingredients until a thin flat pancake-shaped fritter is formed.[4][5]
Jeon is a dish made by frying a mixture of seasoned sliced or minced fish, meat, and vegetables in oil. Ingredients are coated with wheat flour prior to pan-frying the mixture in oil.[7]
Bindae-tteok is a dish made by grinding soaked mung beans, adding vegetables and meat, and pan-frying until the mixture has attained a round and flat shape. No flour or egg is added in bindae-tteok.[8]
Jangtteok is a dish made by adding wheat flour to gochujang or doenjang (soybean paste). Vegetables, such as Java waterdropworts or scallions, are added and the mixture pan-fried in oil into a thin flat pancake.