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Nokdu Jijim

Name: Nokdu Jijim
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: North Korea
Ingredients: 200g Mung beans, peeled and dried; 100g Ground Pork; 1/2 bag Bean sprouts; 100g Kimchi; 3 Green Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1/2 tsp Salt; 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Vinegar

Side Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Soaked mung beans ground and fried with pork and bean sprouts — a North Korean pancake for celebration days.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Nokdu jijim is a pancake of ground mung bean batter mixed with pork, bean sprouts, kimchi, and green onion, known as a Pyongyang specialty. Made on holidays and for guests, it's fried in plenty of oil until crisp outside and moist inside.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Pyongyang home on a holiday, mung bean batter sizzles on a big griddle as golden pancakes pile up on a plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mung beans, peeled and dried 200g
Ground Pork 100g
Bean sprouts 1/2 bag
Kimchi 100g
Green Onion 3
Garlic 1 clove
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 4 tbsp
Soy Sauce 2 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the mung beans in water for at least 4 hours and blend smooth with a little water.
Briefly blanch the bean sprouts and chop the kimchi and green onion.
Mix the ground pork, bean sprouts, kimchi, green onion, grated garlic, and salt into the mung bean batter.
Heat plenty of oil in a frying pan, pour in rounds of batter, and fry until golden on both sides.
Serve with a dipping sauce of soy sauce and vinegar.

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