Recipe: Pajeon

* Ingredients
- 100g of small green onions (or chives)

- 50g scallions (or spring onions)

- 1/3 cup clams

- 1/2 cup oysters

- 1/2 cup of mussels

- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

- shrimps

Ingredients for the butter
- 1 ½ cups flour

- ½ cup rice flour (optional)

- 1 egg

- 2 cups water

Ingredients for the dipping sauce
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce

- 2 tablespoons vinegar

- 2 teaspoons red pepper powder

- 1 tablespoon of finely chopped spring onion

- ½ tablespoon of minced garlic

- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

- 2 teaspoons sesame oil

- 1 teaspoon sugar


* Way to do it
1- Trim the small green onions and scallions and cut them into 4-inch lengths.

2- Wash oysters, clams, and mussels in brine (5 cups of water and 1 teaspoon of salt) and drain.

3-Slice oysters, clams and mussels.

4-To make the batter, beat all the ingredients together with a whisk into a light batter. Mix half the chopped seafood into the batter.

5-Heat some oil in a frying pan over a low heat and arrange the green onions and scallions in a neat row in the pan. Ladle a scoop of the batter onto them.

6-Allow the pancake to cook slightly, then sprinkle the seafood and spread a little bit more of the batter mixture on the top.

7-Turn the pancake and fry until each side becomes golden brown.

8-Serve the pan-fried green onion and seafood pancake with a sauce made by mixing all the sauce ingredients together.

* Necessary time
30 minutes

* Number of persons
2-4 persons

* Variants and other comentaries
Pajeon is a very popular Korean cuisine, especially, in rainy day, with the Korean rice wine. Pajeon means a pancake with small green spring onions. You can add some you like in it. Personally, I prefer the Pajeon with seafood and most people like it. It’s so delicious. I’m 100% sure that you will love it.