Bulgogi (Korean BBQ Beef)

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Published October 01, 2019
  Bulgogi (Korean BBQ Beef)
Korean BBQ beef, bulgogi, could be very simple to make at dwelling with a number of primary ingredients, and the thinly sliced pork doesn’t take lengthy to marinate. Here’s everything you have got to recognize about methods to make the finest bulgogi! This recipe also exhibits methods to take pleasure in it Seoul style.


Char grilled Korean BBQ pork in a grill pan

Bulgogi (불고기), also recognized as Korean BBQ beef, is marinated thinly sliced beef. While it is made with varied meats resembling chook (dak bulgogi) and pork (dweji bulgogi), the time period “bulgogi” largely refers to pork bulgogi.

While this Korean marinated pork is most greatly char grilled at restaurants and homes, pretty backyard Korea, there are many regional alterations of how this dish is prepared.

This Korean BBQ pork recipe was originally posted in May 2010. In this up to date post, I’ve made minor tweaks to the recipe and brought Seoul-style bulgogi (서울식 불고기), that's how I used to consume bulgogi rising up. Over the final decade or so, it has made a astounding comeback and change into very well-known during the country. My household loves it! So, I decided to share it with you too.

Korean Bulgogi cooked in a pan with broth and noodles

Cut of meat for pork bulgogi
The finest cut of meat for this dish is rib eye. Any tender, flavorful cut of beef, resembling sirloin and tenderloin, works properly too. I typically use tenderloin whilst I prepare dinner for the aged members of my household and friends. You can discover pre-cut bulgogi meat at Korean markets. It typically is available in varied grades. Spend a bit bit extra for smart high caliber meat within the event you can. You too can ask your butcher to thinly slice the pork or slice it your self after freezing the pork for a pair of hours.

How to make bulgogi marinade
The vintage marinade or sauce is made with a number of primary meals resembling soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, etc. The essential factor is to discover the proper steadiness among saltiness and sweetness. Using beneficiant quantities of garlic and sesame oil is imperative to create an genuine taste.

To boost the taste and tenderize the meat, Koreans traditionally upload a grated Korean pear to the marinade. If you can't discover a Korean/Asian pear, you possibly can omit it or use an apple instead. Thinly-sliced smart high caliber meat doesn’t need a lot tenderizing. If desired, you would possibly also use kiwi or pineapple, but be certain to make use of just a small quantity so that you don’t over-marinate the meat. They are very solid tenderizing brokers and will spoil down the pork too much.

This marinade too may perhaps be used for varied meats resembling chook or pork.

The thinly sliced meat doesn’t take hours to marinate. All you would like is set 30 minutes to an hour, though you possibly can marinate it as lots as overnight.

 Korean bulgogi pork being cooked in a grill pan with a pair of chopsticks

How to prepare dinner the meat
Grilling: You can grill the pork over charcoal or wooden charcoal (sootbul, 숯불), but a fuel grill or a grill pan over the range higher works properly too. If you're pan-frying your bulgogi and desire properly caramelized meat, preheat the pan smart and hot and don’t crowd the pan.

Stir-frying: Koreans also prepare dinner bulgogi in its own juice in a pan over the range higher for softer meat and a few delicious sauce. Use all of the marinade within the event you desire extra sauce on the end.

Seoul-style bulgogi
As I said earlier, that is how I grew up consuming bulgogi, which has revived and change into very popular. This kind of bulgogi may perhaps be recognized as yetnal bulgogi (옛날불고기), meaning old school or old-school bulgogi. The meat is cooked on a unique dome formed pan with holes and a flat backside that holds water or broth. The dome form permits bulgogi drippings to move down to the water or broth, which thickens because the pork cooks.

Starch noodles and/or vegetables resembling mushrooms are delicious cooked within the moderately candy and savory sauce. Try blending the sauce together with your rice. Incredibly tasty!

The liquid may perhaps just be merely water or broth. I use dashima broth that’s mildly seasoned with some soy sauce.

I discovered my dome-shaped grill pan at a native Korean market, but I also saw it on-line if you’d desire to purchase one. Otherwise, merely use a enormous skillet instead.

Marinated bulgogi organized on a dome formed pan alongside with thinly sliced scallions and enoki mushrooms

What to serve Korean BBQ pork with
Pa muchim (scallion salad) is high caliber to accompany this dish alongside with lettuce wraps and ssamjang. For varied vegetable aspect dishes, see my 15 Korean vegetable aspect dishes. Doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) pairs very properly with bulgogi too.

What to do with leftover bulgogi
Leftover bulgogi is high caliber in bibimbap, gimbap (also spelled kimbap), bulgogi doepbap or bulgogi jeongol.

More variations
Flank steak bulgogi
Slow cooker bulgogi
Dak bulgogi
Dweji bulgogi

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Char grilled Korean BBQ pork in a grill pan
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Bulgogi (Korean BBQ Beef)
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Marinating
1 hr
Total Time
20 mins

This Korean BBQ pork could be very simple to make at home. The marinade is made with a number of primary ingredients, and the thinly sliced pork doesn’t take lengthy to marinate and cook.

Course: Main
Cuisine: Asian, Korean
Keyword: Asian, bbq, beef, bulgogi, classic, easy, grilled, Korean, marinade, protein, summer
Servings: 4
Author: Hyosun

Ingredients
2 kilos thinly-sliced pork (rib eye or higher sirloin) - see note
3 scallions, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 small carrot, thinly sliced - optional
Marinade
6 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons sugar ( otherwise you possibly can use 2 T sugar 2 T honey) Use extra if not utilizing Korean pear or apple
2 tablespoons rice wine or mirin
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
4 tablespoons grated Korean/Asian pear
1/8 teaspoon pepper
For Seoul-style
3 ounces potato starch noodles (soaked in hot water for 20 minutes and drained)
3 scallions
1 pack enoki mushrooms (stems removed)
2 cups water, dashima broth, or pork broth
1 teaspoon soy sauce

Instructions
If utilizing packaged pre-sliced meat, separate the slices. Remove any extra blood from the pre-sliced meat utilizing paper towels.

A pile of thinly sliced pork for Korean BBQ beef
Mix all of the marinade meals in a bowl.

Korean bulgogi marinade in a bowl with a spoon
Place the pork and vegetables in a enormous bowl. Add the marinade and toss gently to mix everything well. Marinate the pork for 30 minutes to an hour, as lots as overnight.

thinly sliced pork and vegetables being combined with the marinade
Grilling: Grill the pork on a charcoal or fuel grill or pan fry in a skillet over excessive warmth till moderately caramelized. If pan searing, preheat the pan smart and hot and prepare dinner the pork till moderately caramelized. Do not crowd the skillet.

Bulgogi - Korean BBQ being cooked in a grill pan
OR Stir-frying: Preheat the pan, and upload the pork over excessive meat. You can crowd the pan to generate some liquid and permit the pork prepare dinner in its own juice. Cook till the pork is not any longer pink. Use all of the marinade within the event you desire some sauce on the end.

For Seoul-style
Thinly slice the scallions. Season 2 cups of water or broth with 1 teaspoon of soy sauce.

Heat the pan, and upload the bulgogi and higher it with the scallions and mushrooms. Add about half of the broth round the rims of the pan. Add extra whilst the liquid degree is going down as you cook.


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