Bindae-tteok
빈대떡
Crispy mung-bean pancakes with kimchi or sprouts — market food you eat with a raw onion dip.
Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: 빈대떡.
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- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Rest
- 4 hr
- Total
- 4 hr 40 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Spice
- No chilli
- Cost
- Cheap nightUnder $8 USD · indicative, not a store price
About
Bindae-tteok is a ground mung-bean pancake, heavier and nuttier than pajeon. The batter is beans, not much flour. Kimchi or mung-bean sprouts in the mix are common. You want a thick, lacy crust and a steamed, beany middle. Dip in soy-vinegar with a slice of raw onion. Soak the beans overnight and grind them wet with almost no wheat — you want a nokdu batter, not a flour pancake with beans stirred in. Squeeze any kimchi or sprouted mung beans dry before they go in. Fry in a generous film of oil over medium-high heat until you have a thick, lacy brown crust and a steamed, nutty middle. A pale, raw centre means you rushed the heat; soy, vinegar and a raw onion slice on the side are the usual sharp contrast.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Mung beans250 g
- Water100 ml
- Kimchi, chopped (optional)100 g
- Bean sprouts (optional)80 g
- Salt2½ ml
- Neutral oil59 ml
- Onion, raw slices, for the dip¼
Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.
Steps
Step 1
Soak skinned mung beans 4–8 hours. Drain. Blend with just enough water to make a thick, slightly grainy batter. Salt.
10 minStep 2
Fold in kimchi, sprouts and spring onion. Fry ladlefuls in a well-oiled pan until both sides are deep brown and crisp, 3–4 minutes a side.
16 minStep 3
Serve with soy-vinegar and raw onion.
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Substitutions
Skinned mung beans → Split yellow moong dal
The grocery stand-in.
Tips
- Pork mince in the batter is a richer market version.
- The batter thickens as it sits — loosen with a spoon of water.
History & culture
Gwangjang market made it famous. It is also home food when you soaked beans yesterday. Gwangjang market made the tourist photograph; Pyongyang- and Kaesong-style houses treat nokdu-jeon as ordinary food. Ancestral-rite tables sometimes include it. Beer is a common partner. Home versions appear when someone remembered to soak beans yesterday, which is the actual limiting step.
Nokdu-jeon is an old poor-day and party-day pancake. The market plate is the one tourists photograph. Ground-mung pancakes fed both lean days and feast days long before anyone branded a stall. Gwangjang's fame is twentieth- and twenty-first-century publicity, not a royal named plate. We do not need a palace manuscript for beans in oil. Date the famous stall as modern market food sitting on a much older fritter.
Traditional
Provenance: Editorial adaptation.
Questions about this recipe
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How long does Bindae-tteok take?
4 hr 40 min all in — 20 min prep, 20 min cook, 4 hr rest. Cook and rest follow the method. Leftover storage and optional extra waits are not included.
How many does it serve?
The recipe is written for 4 pancakes. Scale the ingredient list on the page if you are cooking for a different number.
How hard is it?
Medium.
How spicy is it?
No chilli.
What allergens should I watch?
This recipe is labelled for Soy. Labels are informational — check the packets in your kitchen. This is not medical advice.
Does it fit a diet?
The published recipe is labelled Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free.
What does it cost to cook?
Cheap night — about Under $8 USD, as a grocery budget for this recipe, not a restaurant price.
What equipment do I need?
Blender, Frying pan.
How much salt do I put in?
The recipe lists Salt at ½ tsp.
How much kimchi?
100 g (chopped, optional) of Kimchi.
How much soy sauce?
2 tbsp of Soy sauce.
How much vinegar?
1 tbsp of Vinegar.
What can I use instead?
Skinned mung beans → Split yellow moong dal. The grocery stand-in.
Any tips from this recipe?
Pork mince in the batter is a richer market version. The batter thickens as it sits — loosen with a spoon of water.
Can I use an air fryer?
This method is not written for an air fryer. The core technique on the page still applies.
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