Buchimgae
Buchimgae (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]
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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Types
Buchimgae
- hobak-buchimgae (호박부침개) – Korean zucchini pancake[6]
- kimchi-buchimgae (김치부침개) – kimchi pancake
- memil-buchimgae (메밀부침개) – buckwheat pancake
- some varieties of pajeon (파전) – scallion pancake
- some varieties of buchu-jeon (부추전) – garlic chive pancake
Jeon
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
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
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.
Gallery
- Various buchimgae
- Aehobak-buchimgae (Korean zucchini pancake)
- Bindae-tteok (mung bean pancake)
- Buchimgae-type pajeon (scallion pancake)
- Daseulgi-buchimgae (freshwater snail pancake)
- Kimchi-buchimgae (kimchi pancake)
- Memil-buchimgae (buckwheat pancake)
- Stuffed mil-jeonbyeong (wheat pancake)
- Squid-buchimgae (squid pancake)
See also
References
- Allchin, Catherine M. (8 March 2016). "Korean pancakes are salty, savory, sublime". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- "buchim" 부침. Korean–English Learners' Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Kim, Rahn (30 September 2014). "Guess the most searched words about Korea". The Korea Times. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- "buchimgae" 부침개. Korean–English Learners' Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- KOREA Magazine October 2015. Korean Culture and Information Service. 12 October 2015.
- Ro, Hyo-sun (8 August 2014). "Hobak buchim (zucchini pancakes)". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- "jeon" 전. Korean–English Learners' Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- "bindae-tteok" 빈대떡. Korean–English Learners' Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 8 December 2016.