So this is an appetizer that I put together using some traditional Korean foods that aren’t usually served as one bite. I came up with it when I was trying to find a tasty appetizer that was low carb, but still could be a finger food. So we used the bindaettaek as the “cracker” like vessel to hold slices of Korean barbecue and topped it off with scallion salad and gochujang sauce.
For Bindaettaek
Ingredients
1 cups dried peeled mung beans, rinsed in a few changes of cold water
1/8 cup sweet rice, rinsed in a few changes of cold water
1/4 cup kimchi liquid
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 teaspoons soy sauce
Pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup finely diced kimchi
2 scallion
Vegetable oil for cooking
Combine mung beans and rice in a medium bowl. Add cold water and cover by a couple inches. Soak for 6 hours up to 24 hours
Drain the mung bean and rice mixture and put in blender. Add 1/2 cup of cold water along with kimchi liquid, sesame oil and soy sauce. Blend until smooth, but don’t over mix. The mixure should be a little coarse. Pour mixture into a large bowl and fold in kimchi.
Heat a flat griddle or large nonstick pan over medium high heat. If you have an electric griddle pan, even better. Pour a thin layer of vegetable oil on pan, I find that its easier to pour some oil into a small ramekin and spoon the oil onto the pan as needed. Then ladle the batter into small, bite-sized circles onto pan. Cook until nicely browned on both sides, approximately 1 minutes a side. Repeat until all the batter is used. I usually try to cook them a little underdone because I keep them in a 200 degree oven to keep them warm if I’m doing several batches.
For Galbi
Follow Galbi recipe on this site.
Cut meat off bone. Slice meat thinly.
For Scallion Salad
6 scallions julienned
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl
For Gochujang Sauce
3 tablespoons gochujang
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. If you have a squeeze bottle, pour sauce into the bottle.
Assembly
Place 3 slices of galbi on a pancake. Top with small pinch of scallion salad and drizzle gochujang sauce on top. Place on platter and serve.
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