Pajeon

Pajeon
Haemul pajeon (seafood scallion pancake)
Korean name
Hangul	파전
Hanja	파煎
Revised Romanization	pajeon
McCune–Reischauer	p'achǒn

Pajeon is a variety of jeon with green onions as its prominent ingredient. Pa literally means green onion in Korean. It is a pancake-like Korean dish made from a batter of eggs, flour, rice flour, green onions and other additional ingredients depending on the variety. Beef, pork, kimchi, shellfish and other seafood are mostly used.^[1]

Pajeon is usually recognizable by the highly visible green onions. It is similar to a Chinese green onion pancake in appearance but is less dense in texture and not made from a dough.^[1] It is not to be confused with bindaetteok, which is a mung bean pancake.

Pajeon is traditionally paired with rice wine makgeolli and consumed on rainy days.^[2]

Type

Seafood pajeon

In Korean, a seafood pajeon is called haemul pajeon (해물파전). Various seafood are used in the batter and toppings.

Dongnae pajeon

Dongnae pajeon

Dongnae pajeon is named after Dongnaesung (동래성), a former fortress in the Joseon Dynasty and now a district in the city of Busan. Dongnae was a prominent battleground during the Imjin War^[3] and legend says the people of Dongnae threw green onions while defeating the invading Japanese soldiers. Dongnae pajeon was made in honor of the victory.^[4]

The dish was also presented at the king's table and became popular when the Dongnae market flourished in the Joseon era.^[5]

Dongnae pajeon is usually made from a batter of rice flour, glutinous rice flour, eggs, and gochujang. Soft spring onions, beef, clams, mussels, oysters, shrimp and other seafood are also added.^[5]

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  Ingredients for haemul pajeon (a variant of pajeon; haemul means "seafood")

See also

• Jeon
• Bindaetteok
• Kimchijeon

Other countries

• Green onion pancake (Chinese)
• Negiyaki (ねぎ焼き^?) variant of okonomiyaki (Japanese)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Korean) Pajeon at Doosan Encyclopedia
2. ^ (Korean)"Pajeon and makgeolli popular" Asia Today, 2009-06-10
3. ^ (Korean) Dongnae Fortress at Doosan Encyclopedia
4. ^ (Korean) Dongnae pajeon at Doosan Encyclopedia
5. ^ ^{a b} (Korean) Dongnae pajeon - Dongnae Pajeon Research Group, Dongnae-gu office

External links

• (Korean) Dongnae Pajeon Research Group, Dongnae-gu office
• Pancakes of the World, Dressed for Dinner (including video) at New York Times
• Pairings: Korean pancake flips for wine at San Francisco Chronicle
• Recipe for pajeon at Asia Society
• Recipe for pajeon and haemul pajeon at Messy Witchen