Recipe

Oyster Jeon How-to

Gwangju News

By Hyejeong Jeong

Oysters are a popular and common food in Korea. Since they are popular, there are many different ways to eat oysters. You can use them for soup, Korean pancakes (jeon), deep-fried foods, steamed foods or raw foods. Among them, I will show you how to make oyster jeon, which is fried oysters with an egg and flour coating. For extra flavor, it will have green onions and hot peppers too.

Oysters taste best and have the most nutrition in the winter season (from November to early March) in Korea. Oysters are often referred to as “the milk of the sea” because they contain lots of calcium. They are also very popular as a stamina food for Korean men. Here is a simple but tasty oyster recipe for you.

How to make Oyster Jeon

Things to prepare (for two servings):

  • 6 oz oyster (3/4 cup, 8 fl oz)
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tbsp green onion
  • 1/2 tbsp red hot pepper
  • 4 pinches salt

Directions:

Source: www.aeriskitchen.com

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