Bulgogi – Korean bbq beef

bulgogi

Here it is!
The quintessential Korean recipe.  Sweet and salty, thinly sliced beef, bbq’ed to perfection! If there is no other recipe on the blog that you think you might even remotely enjoy, this one you will!  I promise.  Throw it on the bbq with some veggies, wrap it up in lettuce, pair it with kimchi, and you will be in Korean-food-heaven!

The reason I haven’t posted this before is,  in the midst of prepping, bbq’ing and serving it up for my family, I never managed to get a picture.  I admit this one isn’t the greatest, but it is a picture nonetheless.  So here it is, the recipe you have been waiting for (even if you didn’t know it!)

Bulgogi – Korean bbq beef

Ingredients

  • 1 lb lean beef - I use anything I can get for a decent price - tenderloin, inside round, outside round
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp rice wine
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • 6 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • black pepper
  • 5 tbsp chopped green onion
  • 1/3 cup apple sauce

Instructions

  1. Slice the meat as thin as possible. - You can ask your butcher to do this. My mom has a meat slicer so I freeze my meat, let it thaw a little and then slice it as crazy thin as I can. Thin = delicious!
  2. Mix all the ingredients together and let marinade as long as you can.
  3. BBQ! - I usually put a cooling rack on the grill so I don't lose small pieces.
  4. Wrap up in lettuce and enjoy!
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Enjoy! 🙂

 

 


Korean cooking class

cooking class

I am a teacher so I know how to teach.  And I like to cook, but can I teach how to cook?

Well, that is what I did this weekend.  I was invited to teach a fabulous group of ladies some Korean recipes.  The host had a gorgeous kitchen for cooking and teaching and graciously worked as my assistant fetching all sorts of ingredients and utensils.  The ladies were excellent students, trying, learning and asking lots of questions.  Good food and good times were enjoyed by all!

What was on the lesson plan? First up, kimbap, rice rolls. I demonstrated the simple art of rolling them so they each look like a little masterpiece! 🙂

kimbap rolls

Secondly, we made our own pork mushroom mandu, dumplings, folding up little pockets of goodness!

Pork mushroom mandu

And finally, we enjoyed some Korean bbq’ed beef, bulgogi in lettuce wraps.

lettuce wrap

Sorry, no glamour shots of these. This was the last piece of meat that was about to be devoured when we snatched it from a hungry mouth in order to snap a picture. Even though bulgogi is probably the most well know Korean dish, I have yet to post a recipe for the marinade.  Soon… I promise! 🙂

cooking class 2