Pajeon

Pajeon
haemulpajeon, seafood scallion pancake
TypeJeon
Place of originKorea
Main ingredientsBatter (eggs, wheat flour, rice flour, scallions)
Korean name
Hangul
파전
Hanja
파煎
RRpajeon
MRp'ajŏn
IPA[pʰa.dʑʌn]

Pajeon (Korean: 파전; pronounced [pʰa.dʑʌn]) is a variety of jeon with scallion as its prominent ingredient, as pa () means scallion. It is a Korean dish made from a batter of eggs, wheat flour, rice flour, scallions, and often other ingredients depending on the variety. Beef, pork, kimchi, shellfish, and other seafood are mostly used. If one of these ingredients, such as squid, dominates the jeon, the name will reflect that; e.g. ojingeo jeon (오징어전) is 'squid jeon'.

Pajeon is usually recognizable by the highly visible scallions. It is similar to a Chinese scallion pancake in appearance; however, unlike the Chinese dish (but like Western pancakes), it is made from a liquid batter and thus has a lighter texture.