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Pa Jun or Korean Scallion Pancakes #SundaySupper

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#SundaySupper is on a Mission to bring back Sunday supper around the family table in every home. Amber over at Mama’s Blissful Bites is hosting this week’s #SundaySupper . This Sunday’s theme is “Dishes in 5 Ingredients or Less”  (exlcuding salt, pepper, water, and cooking fat). You don’t need a lot of ingredients to have a delicious meal! 

Have you ever had one of those days where you stare blankly into your pantry or refrigerator? And then those days when you just couldn’t get to the market? Or how about those days when you just don’t want to cook.

So that triple whammy totally hit me this past weekend. I actually had a great night out with some girlfriends Saturday evening. Suffice it to say, recovery was not as easy as it was in the days of my youth. And unlike the days of my youth, I have little ones who could care less that I was out late. I was lucky to sleep in a little on Sunday morning, but lunch clearly wasn’t going to make itself.

Here’s a quick tasty snack or side dish. Crispy on the outside and a little chewy on the inside. It’s great on its own or you can serve it with a side of soy sauce dipping sauce. Pa literally means scallions and jun is translated as pancake. Pa jun…scallion pancake. There you go!

Pa Jun or Korean Scallion Pancakes

Serves 3-4 people or 2 large pancakes

8 green onions, sliced thinly on a diagonal
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1 to 1 1/2 cup ice water
cooking oil

1 – Mix together flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, sugar. I like to use a large measuring cup. If you don’t have one, just use a medium-sized mixing bowl. Whisk in the ice water until the batter is the consistency of a thick batter. Too soupy is too thin.

2 – Heat a few tablespoons of cooking oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Have the onions and batter in place (mise en place) because you will need to work quickly.

3 – Once the oil is hot and shimmery, throw in half of the sliced green onions. Try to distribute it evenly in the pan. Immediately pour half the batter over the onions. Let cook for about 3-4 minutes or until the edges get a little crispy and browned.

4 – With a large spatula, carefully flip the pancake and let cook for another 2-3 minutes or until browned. Add a smidge more oil if it gets too dry.

5 – Slide the pancake onto a cutting board. Set aside.

6 – Repeat with the remaining onions and batter.

7 – Cut into bite size pieces and serve. You can eat it alone or serve it with a simple dipping sauce of 2 parts soy sauce to 1 part white vinegar.

Here’s what everyone else is bringing to the #SundaySupper table. Each recipe has 5 ingredients or less!

Breakfast, Starters, Butters and Jams:

Main Dishes:

Desserts:

Beverages:

Please be sure to join us on Twitter throughout the day on September 30th during #SundaySupper. We’ll be meeting up at 7:00 pm (Eastern) for our weekly #SundaySupper  live chat where we’ll talk about our favorite recipes! All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, or you can follow us through TweetChat!  We’d also love to feature your recipe on our #SundaySupper Pinterest board and share them with all of our followers!

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Comments

  4. Paula @ Vintage Kitchen says

    I´ve been intrigued with these pancakes for a while now. This recipe is wonderful, it´s going to my list right now!

    • kimchi_mom says

      This is my bare bones recipe for scallion pancakes. You can make this as elaborate as you’d like with seafood and such, but for something quick, this is pretty satisfying.

  8. Tara says

    I love these pancakes, thanks for sharing the recipe, now I have to make them myself. I just had them on my site this week from a restaurant that we ate at called Seoul, love them.

  9. Alice Choi says

    OMG, I LOVE these!!! and LOVE that you did this recipe! I’m Korean too so grew up eating this. . my oldest stil won’t touch the stuff but I’m still trying! 🙂 Yours looks absolutely beautiful and I love all the photos! are you making anything special today for Chuseok?

  11. Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious says

    These look really good! I’m confused about what to do with the other half of the batter, though. Are we making 2 large pancakes? Or is the rest of the batter poured over top after you flip it, or what?

    • kimchi_mom says

      Great questions! 🙂 I just made some quick edits to my recipe to make a second pancake with the remaining batter! Thank you!

  12. Tammi @ Momma's Meals says

    Love this!! I love scallion pancakes and I’ve never thought about making my own! Thanks for sharing for #SS!!

  13. veronica gantley says

    I love this recipe because it has everything someone would have in regular stocked pantry. I have never had this type of pancake. It would make a great Lenten recipe. I am so glad you shared this recipe with us.

  14. Soni/Soni's Food for Thought says

    This is totally my kind of food!Love the scallions in here and the addition of garlic gives it so much flavor :)Will be trying this very soon 🙂

  16. Ann Mah says

    Oh, YUM! I can practically taste the crisp edges and squishy center. Would the technique for a kimchi pancake be similar?

    • kimchi_mom says

      Thanks! I totally love this week’s theme also! It makes these recipes so approachable and doable!

  23. Melanie at FastFood2FreshFood says

    It’s gorgeous, and I’ll bet it tastes equally as amazing! Hard to believe it is simple.

    • kimchi_mom says

      I’m thinking about it again and I think it’s going to be on my dinner menu for tomorrow! 🙂

    • kimchi_mom says

      Totally and it goes quickly! You can always add some chopped shrimp to make it a little “fancy”.

  27. Kim Bee says

    Wow, love that this is what you do when you’re tired and recovering from a night out. It’s incredible.

    • kimchi_mom says

      !here are so many different versions! this is definitely a simplified recipe, but it works! And it’s very different from the Chinese version which is a little more substantial and more cake-like.

    • kimchi_mom says

      LOVE dosas. Want to try to make them but am intimidated. I feel like I need a huge griddle to make them properly!

  35. Chihana says

    Amy, I want to make this today. Can you add seafood to the mix?? If so, when in the process?

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