Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Bulgogi (A Korean dish)


I found this very quick and easy recipe on the internet. It tastes the same as the stuff I've had in restaurants.

Ingredients:
1 lb. lean beef (sirloin, tenderloin)
2 T. brown sugar
4 T. soy sauce (I used reduced sodium)
2 T. sesame oil
4 T. chopped green onion
1/2 - 3/4 tsp. garlic powder (I just used 3 cloves of garlic, minced)
1/2 - 3/4 tsp. black pepper

Instructions:
Cut beef into thin cross grain slices. Combine sugar, soy sauce, oil, onion, garlic and pepper; mix well. Add beef and let stand at least 15 minutes. Best grilled over charcoal fire or bulgogi pan, but may be oven broiled or pan fried or stir fried also. (I just stir fried mine.) Serve with rice.

The way I've eaten Bulgogi before is in lettuce wraps. You just put some steamed rice and some beef into a large piece of lettuce and wrap it up. In the picture above, I also have some Kimchi, which I just bought premade at the store. And there is also a container of Gochu Jang, which is a very spicy red pepper sauce that they put on everything here in Korea. I like the flavor of it, so I put a little bit in the wrap with the rice and beef. It may be hard to find Kimchi or the red pepper sauce, but in my opinion, the Bulgogi is yummy all by itself too. Also, I didn't have any green onion on hand, so I just left them out.

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