Are you enjoying the early spring? Is there any way to inhale and eat the spring? This is my way to feel the spring: I made a pancake from wild green onions called “sandallae” in Korean.
Sandallae is everywhere these days and it’s soft enough to eat.
The most exciting thing about this pancake is that I didn’t pay any money for the main ingredient! Yaho! : ) I picked the sandallae in Central Park.
I picked only a handful, enough for 1 pancake. Yes, I thanked the ground where it grew for giving me this wonderful harvest! I didn’t pull out the bulbs so more will grow. The only bulb I picked is in the photo below, which I picked so I could show you what it looks like:
I just noticed I have a lot of wild green onions in my backyard! Thanks Maangchi for letting us know we can eat them!
Maangchi…thanks a lot for sharing Pajeon´s recepie!!!! Totally success at home, i just made them last night for dinner…(hoping to have some letfover for breakfast…sadly…all gone by my husband)!!!! Maangchi…you rock!!!!
Thank you for your update! I’m happy to hear that your husband loved the pajeon you made! ^^
These are also known as “ramps” and you shouldn’t worry about pulling up some of the bulbs, they split and create new plants so they spread and you’ll have more. I never thought to use them in jeon though. Yay, new side for my lunchbox!
I misremembered, ramps have a flat, oval leaf and are apparently on the verge of Threatened status in a couple of states. But wild green onions are just fine to pull up (and some of your neighbors might even thank you)! Just make sure your source is chemical free.
yes, you are right! I blogged about ramps a while ago! https://www.maangchi.com/blog/ramps-wild-garlic
We have those growing all over our yard–I never knew you could really eat them! Thanks for sharing this!!
no more waste anymore! ^^
Hello again – – love our site and look forward to each new idea, but do you have the recipe for the Wild green onion pancake? Is there a link somewhere to it? It sounds wonderful! Thank you.
So far many people have asked for the recipe since I posted this blog, but I didn’t pay attention to the measurements when I cooked the pancake. I will provide the measurements soon. I think I have to go out to pick some wild green onions again. Where shall I go : )
My mother in law used these once in bulgogi in place of garlic. It was really nice.
: ) nice to hear that! I’m sure your mother-in-law gives you lots of compliments on your Korean cooking!
I love this recipe..Thank you so much,Onni.Before I look at it as weeds now its yummy eats..Good thing we don’t use fertilizer on are lawn.:-))
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Onni,..thank you!Loveee it!
Yay, I live in NY suburbs and I have a lot of these wild onions in my yard!
I can’t wait to try this. Tomorrow!!!
haha, I imagine you are busy pulling out all your wild onions. You could make salad with it or add it to doenjang jjigae.
doenjang jjigae, great idea, I’ll try that too.
I have a Korean friend who lives in a condo, I will take her some Sandallae today.
Looking great & fresh
Happy spring Maangchi
Happy Spring!
That is so cool! We also have some wild onions in our backyard. My mother in law planted them long long time ago and they spread throughout our yard. Everytime we mow the lawn, we can smell them! :)
” Everytime we mow the lawn, we can smell them! ” no more waste! : ) Make pancake, salad, or add it to doenjang jjigae.
These look like “Chives” yes? Same plant or different?
different. This wild onion’s leaves inside are hollow.
Ah. Chives leaves are hollow! Only Garlic or Chinese Chives are flat leaf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chives
More confused than ever. What does the flower look like when these “wild onions” mature?
As I know, any type of chives’ leaves inside are not hollow. Whatever it is, as long as it’s edible, you can make a pancake. Check this out. This morning, one of my readers Ina sent me the photos of her wild green onion (sandallae) pancake.
LMBOOO thanks for the tips. Economic is tough. Love free stuff XDD
Could you post the recipe as well? It looks yummy! <3
I made the batter with flour, water, soybean paste (instead of salt), and a pinch of sugar. The batter should be runny. Good luck with making good pancake!