Gamja jeon- Ah, glorious, glorious potatoes. They are a culturally important root crop with a hundred variations across the globe. In their cooked form, they are called poutines, fries, mashed, twice-baked – and many, many more.
In the realm of Korean food, potatoes or the gamja are often used as secondary ingredients to many soups and stews. In pancake parlance, the tuber is pureed separately from the onion and these two are later folded in together to produce a flavorful batter. Top it with chili for some spice explosion and voila, you got gmaja jeon! Pancakes, a neat row of crispy goodness for the day. Best to pair it with the traditional Korean pancake sauce made of soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar – with some allowable variations.
