Zucchini Pancake
Zucchini Pancake
My love for Korean savory pancakes is never-ending. So far I’ve made green onion, seafood scallion, kimchi, and chive flower pancakes. This zucchini pancake is very simple to make and is so satisfying. The sliced red chilies in the batter give this pancake a little kick. The most important thing about this pancake is to get out as much liquid form the grated zucchini as possible. Zucchini holds a lot of water. If the zucchini was grated and just added to the batter without getting rid of the excess moisture, the batter would be very runny and the pancake wouldn’t get crispy right. After I let the salted zucchini sit for 10 minutes, I squeezed the zucchini into a ball and drained the zucchini water into another bowl. Use this liquid later to thin out the batter when mixing the pancake flour and egg together.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
Korean Pancake Flour
- 1/2 cup minus 2 tbsp wheat flour
- 1 tbsp sweet rice flour
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1/4 tsp salt
Zucchini Pancake Batter
- 1/2 cup korean pancake flour
- 8 oz grated zucchini
- 1/4 medium onion sliced
- 2 red thai chilies thinly sliced
- 1 large beaten egg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2-3 tbsp squeezed zucchini water
- 2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
Dipping Sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp gochugaru pepper flakes
Instructions
Korean Pancake Flour
- Mix all pancake flour ingredients together.
Zucchini Pancake Batter
- Grate the zucchini into a bowl. Lightly salt the zucchini to draw out moisture. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Squeeze out as much moisture as you can from the zucchini into a separate bowl. Save the water and set aside.
- Mix the korean pancake flour with 1 beaten egg. The batter will be a little stiff. Add 2-3 tbsp of the saved zucchini water. Add in the zucchini, onion, Thai chilies.
- Heat up the cooking oil on a griddle over medium high heat. Portion out the batter into 4 equal pancakes. Cook for 4 minutes.
- Flip. Cook the pancakes for another 4 minutes.
- Serve with dipping sauce.
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