Korean Beef Jeon (Egg-Coated Pan-Fried Thin Beef Slice)
Keep both coatings thin by shaking excess flour off each seasoned beef slice and letting extra egg drip off just before frying. In 2 tbsp cooking oil preheated over medium heat for about 1 minute, fry the first side for about 1 minute until the egg turns pale yellow and sets, then the second for only 40 seconds to 1 minute, just until the beef is cooked through. Avoid high heat, which burns the coating and toughens the beef.
Quick answer
- Total time
- 32 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Yukjeon gets only about a minute on each side.
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The beef round is sliced thin, and any longer toughens it quickly. Besides holidays and ancestral rites, it turns up whenever guests are expected, at a housewarming for instance.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Spread 300 g of lean beef slices in a single layer without overlapping.
Season both sides evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt, 0.3 teaspoon black pepper, and 1 teaspoon minced garlic, then let them stand for about 5 minutes.
- 2
Spread 4 tablespoons flour on a wide plate and coat each beef slice thinly, one at a time.
Shake off excess flour, because a thick layer makes the egg coating clump and cook unevenly.
- 3
Beat 2 eggs until the whites are no longer streaky.
Just before frying, dip the floured beef into the egg, lift it out, and let the extra egg drip off so the coating stays thin.
- 4
Add 2 tablespoons cooking oil to a pan and preheat over medium heat for about 1 minute.
When a drop of egg sets gently without smoking, lay in the beef slices without overlapping.
- 5
Pan-fry for about 1 minute, until the underside egg coating turns pale yellow and sets.
Flip when the edges look dry, and avoid high heat so the coating does not burn before the beef cooks.
- 6
Cook the second side for only 40 seconds to 1 minute, just until the beef is cooked through.
Remove before the meat firms up, let it settle briefly, and serve while still warm.
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