Korean Stir-fried Balloon Flower Root
Quick answer
- Total time
- 30 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
Doraji bokkeum begins by reducing the bitterness of 220 g balloon flower root before applying the gochujang sauce.
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Tear the root into thin strips about 5 cm long, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt, and rub firmly for 1 minute. Leave it for 10 minutes until the strands soften slightly, rinse twice under cold water, then squeeze with both hands until no water drips. Mix 1 tablespoon gochujang, 1 teaspoon gochugaru, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oligosaccharide syrup, and 0.5 teaspoon minced garlic until smooth. Warm 1 tablespoon cooking oil over medium heat and stir 15 g green onion for about 30 seconds. Add the prepared doraji and cook for 2 minutes, watching for the edges of the strips to turn slightly translucent. Pour in all of the sauce and keep the strands moving for 3 minutes so the seasoning spreads without scorching. Raise the heat for the final 30 seconds to evaporate the liquid left on the pan bottom. Stop when the sauce no longer pools and instead forms a thin glossy coating on each strip, while the root still has a firm bite. If the rinsed doraji remains strongly bitter, extend the cold-water soak before it reaches the pan rather than trying to cover the bitterness with more sauce.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Season
Shred 220 g balloon flower root into thin 5 cm strips, sprinkle 1 tsp salt, and rub vigorously for one minute, then set aside for 10 minutes until the strips feel slightly limp.
- 2Season
Rinse the salted strips twice under cold running water, pressing and agitating gently each time to flush out bitterness, then squeeze firmly with both hands until no more liquid drips.
- 3Season
Combine 1 tbsp gochujang, 1 tsp chili flakes, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp oligosaccharide syrup, and half a tsp minced garlic in a small bowl and stir until the sauce is smooth and uniform.
- 4Control
Heat 1 tbsp cooking oil in a pan over medium heat, add 15 g green onion, and stir-fry for about 30 seconds until the onion turns fragrant and the edges soften slightly.
- 5Control
Add the prepared doraji to the pan and stir-fry over medium heat for 2 minutes until the strips are slightly translucent at the edges, then pour in all of the sauce at once.
- 6Control
Stir-fry for 3 more minutes over medium heat until the sauce coats every strip, then raise the heat to high and toss for 30 seconds to evaporate excess moisture and create a glossy, clingy glaze.
Practical Cooking Checks
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- Key technique
- Salt-rubbed balloon flower root loses its saponin bitterness while keeping a firm crunch.
- Finish cue
- Stir-fry for 3 more minutes over medium heat until the sauce coats every strip, then raise the heat to high and toss for 30 seconds to evaporate excess moisture and create a glossy, clingy glaze.
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30min, 9 ingredients
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25min, 8 ingredients
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