Beef Bulgogi

 Beef Bulgogi

Ingredients

Serves 2 to 4

• 1 pound beef tenderloin, top sirloin, or skirt steak), slice into ⅛-inch-thick slices
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 green onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds, coarsely ground
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. Make marinade by combining the garlic, green onion, soy sauce, sugar, water, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and ground black pepper in a large bowl. Mix it well with a spoon until the sugar is well dissolved.
2. Add the sliced beef and mix everything by hand until the beef is covered in the marinade. Keep in the fridge at least 30 minutes.
3. Cook on a pan or a grill, and transfer to a plate or a cast iron plate to serve with rice, lettuce,
4. If you’re using a Korean handheld grill over a flame like I do in the video, use a medium flame and keep moving the grill around so that it gets evenly cooked, before flipping it over.<
5. To eat, wrap a spoonful of rice, a piece of bulgogi, and a little bit of ssamjang in a lettuce leaf. Fold it over and eat. Repeat!

INGREDIENTS FOR SSAMJANG (SERVES 6 TO 8)

• 1/4 cup doenjang (Korean soybean paste)
• 2 Tbsp gochujang (Korean chili paste)
• 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 1/2 Tbsp honey
• 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 10g / 0.35 ounces onion, thinly sliced
• (optional) 2 Tbsp walnuts (or your choice of nuts and seeds) – this will add nuttier flavor and creamier texture.
• (optional) 10g / 0.35 ounces apple, cored and cut into small pieces

Garnish

• (optional) green onion, thinly sliced 
• (optional) minced chilies, finely diced 
• (optional) toasted sesame seeds

* 1 Tbsp = 15 ml, 1 cup = 250ml

*** When adding sesame oil and/or nuts, be sure to use the fresh ones. Old ones can be rancid and spoil the taste of ssamjang.

HOW TO MAKE SSAMJANG

Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend until the texture is smooth. It will takes about 1 min. Transfer the sauce into a serving bowl. Garnish with the green onion and sesame seeds.OR you can buy it at the Asian market.