Yukjeon

Name: Yukjeon
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 300g beef topside or sirloin, very thinly sliced; 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp sesame oil; Flour or glutinous rice flour, for dusting; 3 eggs, beaten; Oil for frying; Dip: soy sauce, vinegar and a pinch of chilli

육전/YOOK-jun/

Also known as: Yuk Jeon, Korean Beef Jeon, Korean Egg-Battered Beef

About this dish

Thin slices of beef dusted with flour, dipped in egg and pan-fried until golden, served with a soy and vinegar dip.

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Ingredients

🥩300g beef topside or sirloin, very thinly sliced

🫙1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp sesame oil

🌾Flour or glutinous rice flour, for dusting

🥚3 eggs, beaten

🛢️Oil for frying

🥢Dip: soy sauce, vinegar and a pinch of chilli

Method

Serves 4

Season the beef slices with soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and pepper for 10 minutes.

Dust each slice lightly with flour.

Dip in beaten egg.

Fry in a little oil over a medium heat for about a minute per side until golden.

Serve warm with the dipping sauce and shredded spring onion salad.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Yukjeon is one of the jeon (pan-fried dishes) made for Korean holidays such as Chuseok and Seollal and for ancestral rites.

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