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Gamja-jeon () or potato pancakes is a variety of jeon, or Korean style pancake, made by pan-frying finely grated potato on a frying pan with oil until golden brown.

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Country of origin
Korea
Material used
potato
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Korean potato pancake-Gamjajeon-02.jpg
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Commons category
Gamjajeon
Revised Romanization
gamja-jeon
McCune–Reischauer romanization
kamja-chŏn
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Gamja-jeon () or potato pancakes is a variety of jeon, or Korean style pancake, made by pan-frying finely grated potato on a frying pan with oil until golden brown.

==History== Potatoes may have been introduced in Korea either through the China–North Korea border at Tumen in 1824, or by the German missionary Karl Gützlaff via sea in 1832. The tubers have been cultivated mainly in the hills and mountain ranges of Gangwon Province, with gamjajeon becoming a specialty of that region. Gamjajeon is traditionally made with only potato, salt, and oil.

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