Crispy Crunchy Cheese and Spinach Chijimi

Name: Crispy Crunchy Cheese and Spinach Chijimi
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bunch Spinach; 2 Eggs; 4 tbsp Flour; 2 tbsp Dashi Soup Stock or Water; 1/2 tsp Sugar; 2 mini packages Bonito flakes; 1 Cheese (sliced, melting, pizza cheese; anything is okay); 1 tbsp Vinegar; 1 tsp Gochujang; 1 tsp Sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tsp Sesame oil; 1 tbsp Ground sesame seeds

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This is "imitation chijimi" that is different from authentic Korean chijimi. I tried out various things, and it was the most delicious with spinach, so I made a slightly sweet batter with lots of eggs and spinach. I increased my vitamin intake by adjusting the amount of oil, and upped my iron intake as well with the cheese.

Make the sauce before cooking the batter.
This batter tastes better if they are thinly spread out when cooked, so this amount yields 2 sheets.
The cheese burns easily, so keep an eye on the heat. You can eat this without cheese for a lighter taste. For about 2 18 cm [7.1 in] sheets; serves about 3~4 people. Recipe by Miiyu

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

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Ingredients

3 servings

1 bunchSpinach
2Eggs
4 tbspFlour
2 tbspDashi Soup Stock or Water
1/2 tspSugar
2mini packages Bonito flakes
1Cheese (sliced, melting, pizza cheese; anything is okay)
Secret Spicy Sauce (This also goes well with ketchup in place of this sauce)
1 tbspVinegar
1 tspGochujang
1 tspSugar
1 1/2 tbspSoy sauce
1 tspSesame oil
1 tbspGround sesame seeds

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Steps

1

Blanch the spinach with some salt added to the water, remove to a water bath to remove the harshness, tightly squeeze out the water, and cut into 1 cm long pieces.
2

Break an egg into a bowl and beat. Add dashi broth (or water+ a pinch of dashi stock granules), sugar, and flour, and mix well.
3

Add spinach and stir thoroughly. Stir until small bubbles form, all of the lumps disappear, and the batter becomes fluffy. Add bonito flakes and give a quick stir.
4

Heat a frying pan coated with lots of vegetable oil, turn off the heat momentarily, pour in only half of the batter, spread out as thinly as possible, and top with cheese.
5

Cover with a lid, and cook on one side over medium-low heat while keeping an eye on the color. Flip it over, and cook over low heat without the lid, until the cheese becomes crispy.
6

Secret Spicy Sauce: Add vinegar, sugar, and gochujang to a microwave safe container, microwave on high for about 15 seconds, and stir in the soy sauce, sesame oil, and ground sesame.
7

For those of you with kids who can't handle spice, add 1.5 tablespoons sugar in place of the gochujang and make as written in Step 6.