Side Dishes

Leafy Greens Tempura

Name: Leafy Greens Tempura
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 5 g Perilla leaves; 6 g Lettuce; 7 g Napa cabbage; 10 g Egg; 10 g Tempura flour; as needed Soybean oil (for frying); a few cubes Ice

잎채소튀김

Perilla leaves, lettuce and napa cabbage in an ice-cold egg batter, fried until golden and crisp. A kid-pleasing frying method that still lets the natural flavor of the greens come through.

10mPrep

10mCook

1Serving

EasyLevel

🧺 Korean ingredients in this recipe

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📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Mix the tempura flour and beaten egg into a batter and add ice to keep it cold.

Wash the perilla leaves, lettuce and cabbage.

Cut them into bite-sized pieces.

Heat the soybean oil in a pot to frying temperature.

Coat the greens in the batter.

Fry until golden.

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

222.6Calories (kcal)

10.2 gCarbs

2.3 gProtein

19.2 gFat

70.5 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.