Bindaetteok

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Bindaetteok

Korean name

Hangul	빈대떡
Hanja	貧乏 떡
Revised Romanization	bindaetteok
McCune-Reischauer	pindaettŏk

Bindaetteok (also called nokdujeon; literally "mung bean pancake") is a variety of jeon, a Korean style pancake. It is made of ground mung beans, with green onions, kimchi, or peppers cooked in a frying pan.

1 History
2 Ingredients
3 See also
4 Reference
5 External links

[edit] History

Bindaetteok first appears under the name binjatteok in the Eumsikdimibang, a cooking encyclopedia written in the 1670s by Mrs. Jang, the wife of a public officer. The dish was originally prepared by frying a mixture of water-soaked and ground mung beans, pork, bracken fern, mung bean sprouts, and cabbage kimchi.^[1] This food uses honey for seasoning, and meat was put on the bindaetteok. Rich people ate meat and poor people ate bindaetteok. Therefore, this dish was called bindaebyeong (貧乏餅; literally "poor person's rice cake").

[edit] Ingredients

1/2 cup mung beans, soaked overnight 1 large egg 1/4 cup cabbage kimchi 1/2 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1/4 tsp salt ^[2] Meat, usually beef, can also be added as an ingredient. In Korean restaurants, this dish is served with a small side serving of dipping sauce made of soy sauce, minced green onions, chili pepper flakes and some vinegar.