Dinner · 20 min · Amounts not specified
Kimchi pancake
A wet batter, a lot of chopped kimchi, hot oil. Crisp edges, sour middle.
The sheet · 2 pancakes · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. A wet batter, a lot of chopped kimchi, hot oil. Crisp edges, sour middle.
What it needs
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- kimchi
- flour
- eggs
- scallion
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: sesame oil.
Method
- Squeeze the kimchi out and use the brine in the batter — that liquid is seasoning, color and acid at once.
- The batter should be thin, barely enough to bind. Thick batter gives you a doughy pancake with kimchi in it.
- More oil in the pan than feels right. It is shallow-fried rather than griddled, and that is where the crisp edge comes from.
- Press it flat and cook it longer than seems necessary on each side. Limp kimchi pancake is undercooked kimchi pancake.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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The technique underneath this
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- kimchi
- Sour, spicy and funky, and older is better for cooking.
- flour
- Thickener and structure. Raw flour tastes like paste, so it wants a minute of cooking in fat before liquid arrives — that minute is the difference between a sauce and a lumpy disappointment.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- scallion
- Two ingredients on one stalk.
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Cooks from the same box
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Next
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