Buchu Jeon 부추전 (Garlic Chive Pancake)

Busy making Mak-Kimchi (Easy-To-Make Napa Cabbage Kimchi) today and have some leftover vegetables (some chives, spring onion and carrot)....so I decided to make vegetable pancake from these veggies...My side of family seldom eat chives but Korean consume a lot of chives, they use chives in many dishes.  There are chives salad, chives pancake, chives kimchi and many more.  This is my first time making chives pancake and I was surprise that it tastes really nice!  The flavor and the aroma from the chives really enhance the taste of this pancake....no meat or seafood needs to added in!  Just dip in the dipping sauce and it's already super yummy! ^^

Serving: 1

Ingredients:

40g Buchu (garlic chives), cut into 5cm length

10g Spring onion (cut into 5cm length)

15g Carrot (sliced & cut into 5cm length)

1/2 cup Korean pancake mix flour

1/2 cup + 3 Tbsp of Water

Pinch of salt

2 tbsp Cooking oil

Dipping sauce

3 tbsp Soy sauce                                         

1/2 tbsp Vinegar                               
3 tbsp Water                                           
1/2 tsp Sugar                                          
1 tsp Chilli pepper powder (gochugaru)
1/2 tsp Finely grated garlic    

Some chopped spring onion (optional)

Some sliced green/red chili (optional)           

     

Step by step Photos:

1. Prepare a bowl, stir and mix the pancake mix flour with water until the flour dissolves.
2. Add in salt and the cut garlic chives, spring onion and carrot strips.
3. Heat up a frying pan with oil over medium high heat (best to use non-stick when frying pancake^^).
4. Pour in the batter and spread evenly over the frying pan.  Cook about 2 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
5. Flip the pancake with a spatula and press slightly.  Continue to cook over medium low heat for about 2 to 3 minutes or until both sides of the pancakes are fully cooked with golden brown color.
6. Cut into bite size and serve hot with dipping sauce!  It should be crispy on the sides and chewy on the inside.  Have a try~

 **Tip:  You can use all purpose flour but it's good to add egg and some seasoning like salt and pepper if use regular all purpose flour for pancake recipe.  Will try to make this pancake in future using regular all purpose flour. Stay tune ^^

***Buchu in mandarin language is 韭菜 and in Hokkien language is kuchai ;)