''Buchimgae'' (), or Korean pancake, refers broadly to any type of pan-fried ingredients soaked in egg or a batter mixed with other ingredients. More specifically, it is a dish made by pan-frying a thick batter mixed with egg and other ingredients until a thin flat

pancake A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying w ...

-shaped

fritter A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been battered or breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-fried. Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory v ...

is formed.

Types

Buchimgae

* ''hobak-buchimgae'' () –

Korean zucchini Aehobak ( ko, 애호박), also called Korean zucchini or Korean courgette, is an edible, green to yellow-green summer squash. Although nearly all summer squashes are varieties of ''Cucurbita pepo'', aehobak belongs to the species ''Cucurbita mo ...

pancake * '' kimchi-buchimgae'' () –

kimchi ''Kimchi'' (; ko, 김치, gimchi, ), is a traditional Korean side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish. A wide selection of seasonings are used, including '' gochugaru'' (Korean chili powder), ...

pancake * '' memil-buchimgae'' () –

buckwheat Buckwheat (''Fagopyrum esculentum''), or common buckwheat, is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. The name "buckwheat" is used for several other species, such as ''Fagop ...

pancake * some varieties of '' pajeon'' () –

scallion Scallions (also known as spring onions or green onions) are vegetables derived from various species in the genus '' Allium''. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions and their close relatives include garlic, shallot, leek, c ...

pancake * some varieties of ''buchu-jeon'' () –

garlic chive ''Allium tuberosum'' (garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek) is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world. Descriptio ...

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.

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.

Jangtteok

''Jangtteok'' is a dish made by adding wheat flour to

gochujang ''Gochujang'' (, from Korean: , ) or red chili paste * is a savory, sweet, and spicy fermented condiment popular in Korean cooking. It is made from gochu-garu (chili powder), glutinous rice, '' meju'' (fermented soybean) powder, ''yeotgir ...

or ''

doenjang ''Doenjang'' * (; "thick sauce") or soybean paste is a type of fermented bean paste made entirely of soybean and brine. It is also a byproduct of soup soy sauce production. It is sometimes used as a relish. History The earliest soybean fer ...

'' (soybean paste). Vegetables, such as Java waterdropworts or

s, are added and the mixture pan-fried in oil into a thin flat pancake.

Gallery

File:Korea-Jeongseon-Various Korean pancakes (jeon)-01.jpg, Various ''buchimgae'' File:Aehobak-buchimgae.jpg, '' Aehobak-buchimgae'' (Korean zucchini pancake) File:Korean pancake-Bindaetteok-02.jpg, '' Bindae-tteok'' (mung bean pancake) File:Korean pancake-Pajeon-05.jpg, ''Buchimgae''-type '' pajeon'' (scallion pancake) File:Daseulgi-buchimgae.jpg, '' Daseulgi-buchimgae'' (freshwater snail pancake) File:Gamja-buchu-buchimgae.jpg, '' Gamja-

buchu ''Agathosma'' is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to the southern part of Africa. Common names include Buchu, Boegoe, Bucco, Bookoo and Diosma. '' Buchu'' formally denotes two herbal species, prized ...

-buchimgae'' (potato and garlic chives buchimgae) File:Jeonbok-chamnamul-buchimgae 3.jpg, '' Jeonbok- chamnamul-buchimgae'' (abalone and pimpinella pancake) File:Kimchibuchimgae (kimchi pancake).jpg, '' Kimchi-buchimgae'' (kimchi pancake) File:Korean buckwheat pancake-Memiljeon-01.jpg, '' Memil-buchimgae'' (buckwheat pancake) File:Jeonbyeong 2.jpg, Stuffed ''mil-jeonbyeong'' (wheat pancake) File:오징어 부침개.jpg, '' Squid-buchimgae'' (squid pancake)

References

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