Three kinds of Jeon(전)

Jeon, Jeonya, Buchimgae, Jijimi, all these names represent the same Korean dish. The ingredients are cut in thin slices, coated with flour and then egg or mixed with a batter to be fried on a griddle. Unlike deep-fried food, pan-fried jeon is light and healthy. The name of jeon is almost always associated with the main ingredient from which it is made, such as Hobak-jeon(courgette), Saengseon-Jeon (fish) and Phogo-jeon(black mushroom).

This dish is often served in a memorial service(제사), a big parties or more often accompanied with alcoholic beverages.

 

 Modumjeon (serves 2)

 

 

150g courgette, 150g white fish filet (frozen), 6 dried black oak mushrooms, 50g ground beef, 30g flour,
2 eggs

 

Seasoning: salt, pepper, 1/2 tsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sesame oil,
garlic powder, onion flakes, vegetable oil

Dipping sauce: 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar

Preparation:

1. Wash the mushrooms and soak them in lukewarm water until they are soft.
Squeeze them to get rid of excess water and remove the stems. Season them with little sesame oil and soy sauce.

2. Thaw the frozen fish filet until it is half thawed (30 minutes to 1 hour).
Cut the filet in flat slices putting a knife diagonal. Wipe off excess water with paper towel.

3. Cut the courgette in round slices (0.5 cm), sprinkle with little salt.

4. Add onion flakes and garlic powder to the ground beef and season with 1/2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp sesame oil, pepper.

5. Put the flour in a flat bowl.

5. Coat each mushroom only the inside of with flour, and fill it with beef, pressing in firmly.

6. Beat the eggs and put in a flat bowl.

 

7. Prepare the dipping sauce mixing one table spoon of soy sauce and one table spoon of vinegar.

 
Cooking:

1. Preheat the flying pan and drizzle the oil.

2. Coat the courgette slices with flour, and beaten egg then panfry them one minute on each side.

3. Coat the fish slices with flour, and beaten egg then panfry them one minute on each side.

4. Coat the beef stuffed mushrooms only the beef side down with flour and beaten egg.

Panfry them first the beef side down 2 minutes then mushroom cap side on minute.

Setting:
Arrange the courgette, mushrooms and fish in lines. Serve with the dipping sauce.

 

Tips:

You can cook Jeon in the oven.

Preheat the oven 200 degree Celsius, prepare your baking sheet with parchment paper and coat with some oil.

Arrange the flour and egg coated food on the baking sheet without touching each other.P
ut in the oven, bake for 7 minutes, flip over the food and cook another 5 minutes.