Spicy Daehap Bokkeum (Stir Fried Clams) Packed with Clams
A drinking snack dish made by quickly stir-frying cleaned hard clam meat with vegetables in a spicy seasoning sauce.
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This dish features hard clam meat with the entrails neatly removed, stir-fried with vegetables in a spicy seasoning sauce. With a cooking time of under 20 minutes, it is simple to make and pairs wonderfully as a side dish for rice as well as a snack for makgeolli (Korean rice wine). You can also add other seafood, such as frozen shrimp, to suit your taste for an even richer dish.
- Servings
- about 2–3 servings
- Cook time
- 20 minprep not included
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spiciness
- Spicy
Ingredients
Stir-fried clam ingredients
- Hard clam4
- Onion
- Cheongyang chili pepper (hot green chili)
- Carrot
Seasoning
- Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)2 tbsp
- Soy sauce2 tbsp
- Gochujang (Korean red chili paste)1 tbsp
- Mirin (cooking rice wine)1 tbsp
- Garlic1 tbsp
- Corn syrup (mulyeot)1 tbsp
Green onion pancake ingredients
- Large green onion (daepa)
- Cheongyang chili pepper (hot green chili)
- Korean pancake mix (buchim-garu)
- To clean the hard clams, press firmly with your thumb and index finger to remove the black entrails that come out.
Steps
When buying hard clams, I asked for just the clam meat and bought 4 pieces of meat.
Hard clams have a spot where the entrails are.
It is this part.
If you press firmly with your thumb and index finger, black matter comes out; quite a bit comes out.
Once you remove this, the prep is done.
It will look like this.
One hard clam after cleaning.
Finely chop the hard clams, onion, carrot, and Cheongyang chili pepper.
I had some frozen shrimp, so I added those as well.
Heat oil in a frying pan, add the hard clams and vegetables, and stir-fry them.
It is good to mix the sauce in advance, but I just added it directly while stir-frying.
Finish at the end with toasted sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds.
Green onions are so cheap these days that I bought a few bunches, made kimchi, and with the leftovers,
I finely chopped Cheongyang chili pepper and green onions to make pajeon (green onion pancake).
It would also be delicious to add various seafood here,
or aged sour kimchi is great too.
Ppunwife's tips
- It is convenient to make the seasoning sauce in advance.
- Adding various seafood or aged sour kimchi to the pajeon is also delicious.
FAQ
How do you clean the hard clam entrails?
Press firmly on the area where the entrails are located using your thumb and index finger to squeeze out and discard the black matter.
Can I add other seafood besides hard clam meat?
I added frozen shrimp to stir-fry together, and you can also include any various seafood you like.
Is it okay to add the seasoning ingredients directly while stir-frying?
Mixing the sauce beforehand is convenient, but it is perfectly fine to add the seasonings directly to the pan while stir-frying the ingredients.
