Now, there’s some foods I just see a photo of and HAVE to make, or find, pretty much immediately!
When my niece, Mia, posted this on her insta recently - having returned from a trip to South Korea at the end of last year - well, this was one of them. She also has some other cool food ideas so if you want to go and check them out (and her beautiful singing) then the link’s HERE.
OK, straight onto this little beauty then.
Easy and delicious equals just about my favourite food ever and this is a traditional Korean potato pancake with a little dipping sauce.
Here’s what you’ll need for a good big pancake lunch for one, or as a side dish for two:
1 large potato, peeled and grated (mind your hands, I DID grate mine a little, yes)
About 1/4 of a finely sliced and chopped white onion or a few spring onions, finely sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon or so of plain flour
Combine the ingredients and then when adding the flour, mix until it’s a kind of sloppy dough consistency - add a little more if needed.
Then get a good non-stick pan on over a medium heat and add a good slosh of an oil that heats to a high temperature and doesn’t have too much flavour - grapeseed or rapeseed is ideal but a vegetable oil works too.
When hot, tip in the potato mixture and start to shape into a flat pancake.
When it’s nice and flat let it cook for about four minutes then turn (carefully not breaking the pancake) and cook for another four on the other side.
Add a little more oil if needed.
We want a nice crispy browned pancake so see what yours needs by now …. I turned the heat down a little, turned the pancake again and cooked for another three minutes on each side.
While the potato pancake cooks, mix up the dipping sauce.
You’ll need:
2 spring onions finely chopped (optional)
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar (I didn’t have any so just used white malt vinegar)
the juice of one lime or lemon
1 chopped hot chilli
1 teaspoon of sugar
Stir to combine and dissolve the sugar then taste and see if you want to add more sugar, more lime, more vinegar?
When it’s as you like it, it’s ready.
Serve and eat the delicious hot crunchy potato pancake with the cool spicy dipping sauce and maybe squeeze over a little more lime juice, if liked.
I thought this was absolutely delicious and so simple too - I’ve made it three times this week … oops!
