Korean Fish Cake Side Dish (Eomuk Bokkeum)

15 min

Korean Fish Cake Side Dish (Eomuk Bokkeum)

Eomuk bokkeum, a popular Korean fish cake side dish, is quick and easy to make with soy sauce, onions, and other basic Asian pantry ingredients.

15 min8 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 sheets Korean fish cakes (sliced into bite size pieces)
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 medium onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1/2 Asian leek (or 2 green onion)
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp sweet rice wine (mirin)
  • 2 tsp corn syrup (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1

    In a small mixing bowl, combine all these sauce ingredients and mix well.

  2. 2

    Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until soft, about 3 minutes. Add sliced fish cakes and stir-fry until soft, about 2 minutes. Pour water and stir fry continuously. Let the water evaporate. Push fish cakes to the corner of your skillet.

  3. 3

    Pour the sauce mixture to the other empty corner in the skillet and let it boil. Combine the sauce with fish cake mixture and mix it thoroughly until the sauce is thickened and no longer runny. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds at then end.

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