감자전 (Potato Jeon)
Chuseok (추석), also known as Hangawi (한가위), is Korea's harvest moon festival. It is one of Korea's two major holidays, and it is coming up soon! This year it falls on September 12th. As sort of a pre-celebration, try making some potato jeon this weekend!
Developed by: Annie Namba
Ingredients
- 6 medium potatoes, peeled (about 500g)
- 1 spicy green pepper, minced (optional)
- half of a small onion
- 2 tablespoons potato starch
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (half the amount if using table salt)
- 1 red chili pepper, sliced
- 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil to fry
Dipping Sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped onions
- 1 tablespoon chopped spicy green and red peppers (optional)
Directions
- Grate potatoes and onion into a large bowl.
- Add potato starch, spicy green peppers and salt, then mix well.
- In a frying pan, add enough oil to cover the bottom. Heat the oil and ladle in batter. Spread the batter thinly across the pan, then cook over medium-low heat for about 2-3 minutes per side.
- Serve with dipping sauce.
Notes & Tips
You can adjust the size of the 전 to be as big or small as you prefer, but bigger ones will be harder to flip. This is kind of 전 is simple to make, but a bit on the sticky side. Make sure to add oil for each new batch. This dish pairs perfectly with 막걸리.
