[Simple Home Cooking] Let's look at the super simple recipe for making crispy garlic chive pancakes!

There is a vegetable called garlic chives that is affectionately known as 'jeongguji' in Gyeongsang Province and 'sol' in Jeolla Province. Garlic chives are used to make dishes such as garlic chive salad (geotjeori) or pancakes (jeon), or as a secondary ingredient in soups and stews. In particular, garlic chive pancakes are a dish that can be easily made at home with just garlic chives and flour. Additionally, you can enjoy various flavors of garlic chive pancakes simply by adding seafood like squid or vegetables like zucchini and onions. Let's look into how to make garlic chive pancakes that can be easily prepared at home.

Benefits of garlic chives

Garlic chives are a vegetable rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, carotene, and iron.

How to make garlic chive pancakes

The method for making garlic chive pancakes is very simple. You just need to prepare the garlic chives, cut them into appropriate sizes, make a flour batter, and pan-fry them. However, if you pay a little more attention, you can enjoy even more delicious garlic chive pancakes. Here is how to make delicious garlic chive pancakes simply.

- Ingredients: 4 handfuls of garlic chives (200g), 2 cups of flour (200g), 1–2 eggs, green chili pepper, red chili pepper, cooking oil, water, salt

1. Wash the garlic chives thoroughly in water, remove any withered leaves, and drain the water.

2. Remove the seeds from the chili peppers and slice them into strips.

3. Put the flour, water, and garlic chives in a large bowl to make the batter.

4. Add the eggs and sprinkle a little salt.

5. Pour cooking oil into a well-heated pan, spread the prepared garlic chive batter thinly, and fry both sides until golden brown.

Baek Jong-won's garlic chive pancakes

In the SBS program 'Alley Restaurant,' Baek Jong-won's style of garlic chive pancakes drew attention. The biggest characteristic of Baek Jong-won's garlic chive pancakes is that dried shrimp are included. The method for making Baek Jong-won's garlic chive pancakes is as follows.

- Ingredients: Garlic chives, 1/4 carrot, Cheongyang chili pepper, dried shrimp, 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1 tbsp fish sauce, 2/3 cup pancake powder, cooking oil

1. Cut a handful of garlic chives into bite-sized pieces, finely chop the Cheongyang chili pepper, slice the carrot into strips, and place them in a bowl.

2. Put the dried shrimp and water in a bowl and soak them for a moment.

3. Add minced garlic, fish sauce, garlic chives, carrot, Cheongyang chili pepper, and pancake powder to the water used to soak the dried shrimp, then mix well to make the batter.

4. Add plenty of cooking oil to a pan and cook the pancake until done.

Tips for making delicious garlic chive pancakes

To make delicious garlic chive pancakes, you must first purchase good garlic chives. A good way to choose garlic chives is to look for ones that are a vivid green and do not have withered or cut middle leaves. Also, garlic chives with soft stems and a fresh garlic chive scent are fresh and good. Additionally, if you are frying garlic chive pancakes with seafood, you should press down on the pancake while frying so that the seafood does not separate, which will help you make beautiful garlic chive pancakes. Also, if there is not enough cooking oil, the pancake may stick, so frying with plenty of cooking oil will result in a crispy and delicious garlic chive pancake.

[FamTimes=Reporter Cho Hyun-woo]