Meat jun
 Meat jun | |
| Type | Jeon, Fritter |
|---|---|
| Course | Entree |
| Place of origin | Hawaii |
| Associated cuisine | Korean cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Beef |
| Similar dishes | Jeon |
Meat jun is a highly popular dish in Hawaii, and is usually known as beef jun outside of the islands. Like jeon, the Korean word for fritter, it consists of thinly sliced marinated beef dipped in an egg batter that is then pan-fried, or deep-fried, and typically served with rice, mac salad and banchan, like how many other plate lunches in Hawaii are served.[1] Meat jun originates from a Korean dish known as soegogi-jeon (쇠고기전), or gojijun, which translates to meat, or beef fritter.
While Meat jun is the Hawaiian adaptation of the Korean dish, soegogi-jeon, it is served as an everyday dish instead of being reserved for special occasions, and what makes this dish different from typical beef jeon is that the beef is marinated. This dish is an example of the cultural blending that commonly occurs due to the outside influence of other cultures on the islands of Hawaii.[2]
Ingredients
[edit]Meat jun is a simple dish composed of marinated meat, eggs, and flour. While jeon can be made with many other ingredients, this Hawaiian take on soegogi-jeon is typically made with thinly sliced beef that is marinated in a sweet soy sauce (shoyu) and will usually come with a simple dipping sauce that is either soy- or gochujang- based which is mixed with rice wine vinegar, sesame oil and red pepper flakes or chili oil, which is typically optional.[3]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Kalani, Nanea (2011-10-14). "Friend or Foam: Hawaii's Plate Lunch History". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "The Mixed Plate". The New Gastronome. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "Meat Jun (Chen-Ya) - Hawai'i Nutrition Center". 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- nowfeed.me. "Meat Jun". Archived from the original on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
 | This Hawaiian cuisine-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Korean cuisine–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |