Buchu Jeon

About the dish

Buchu jeon coats garlic chives in batter and pan-fries them into a crisp, fragrant pancake. It's the kind of homey jeon Koreans crave most when rain is falling outside.

Key ingredient

Garlic chives (buchu) — rich in fiber, chlorophyll and a wide range of vitamins (beta-carotene, B group, C, E, K), plus minerals like calcium and iron. In season in June, mainly from Pohang.

Ingredients

Main: garlic chives, flour, squid or shrimp (optional), onion · Seasoning: salt, cooking oil

Simple recipe

1. Cut the garlic chives into short lengths.
2. Mix them into the flour batter.
3. Spread the batter thin on an oiled pan.
4. Fry until crisp.
5. Serve with vinegar-soy dipping sauce.

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