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Korean jeon (aka "pancake") recipes

  • ️Fri Feb 21 2025

The Korean word "jeon" is often translated as "pancake," but jeon are not just a breakfast food, they're eaten at all meals as side dishes, or as snacks. At their simplest they're food coated in flour and egg and then pan-fried with a bit of oil. Some incorporate vegetables, meat, and fish into a batter which is pan-fried with a bit of oil. Hoddeok is not jeon, but it's closer to the western idea of a pancake.

Seafood green onion pancake

Haemul-pajeon
해물파전

Korean cabbage pancake

Cabbage pancake

Baechujeon
배추전

Kimchijeon (kimchi pancake)

Kimchi pancake

Kimchijeon
김치전

Chaeso-gukmul

Vegetable stock

Chaeso-gukmul
채소국물

seafood pancakes (haemuljeon: 해물전)

Seafood pancakes

Haemuljeon
해물전

gamjajeon

Simple potato pancake

Gamjajeon
감자전

Mung bean pancakes

Bindaetteok
빈대떡

Beef pancakes

Soegogi-jeon
쇠고기전

Shrimp Pancakes

Saeujeon
새우전

Kale Pancakes

Kaeil-jangtteok
케일장떡

Ramp pancakes

Sanmaneul-jeon
산마늘전

Potato pancakes

Gamjajeon
감자전

Pollock pancake

Dongtaejeon
동태전

Tuna pancake

Chamchijeon
참치전

Green onion pancake

Pajeon
파전

Green chili pepper pancake

Gochujeon
고추전

kimchi pancake

Grandma-style kimchi pancake

Kimchijeon
김치전

green onion pancake skewers

Green onion pancake skewers

Pasanjeok
파산적

Squash pancakes

Hobakjeon
호박전

Chive pancake

Buchujeon
부추전

Vegetable pancake

Yachaejeon
야채전

Breaded cod fillets

Daegujeon
대구전

My cookbooks

Maangchis Real Korean Cooking Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking

Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.

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