Yummy Korean Recipes

What is Bulgogi?

Bulgogi (Mak-bulgogi 막불고기) is probably the second most popular Korean dish after Kimchi. It is very tasty and so easy to make. Main ingredients are fresh, sweet beef, sliced onion and carrots. Not only Korean people but the majority of tourists love bulgogi. Especially, Bulgogi is an ideal dish for a cold winter day when you and your family or friends sitting around the hot grilling pan and savoring delicious and rich taste of marinated beef served with some fresh vegetable, what a relaxing and enjoyable moment!

So now let's get ready to cook Bulgogi by just following our easy steps:

NGREDIENTS:

You will need to prepare 👇:

1kg Beef (tenderloin)
380 ml Beef broth
30g x 2 pieces of Tofu:
30g Korean Enoki mushroom
1/2 pear
1 carrot
1 onion
2 green peppers
12 cloves of garlic
Some scallions
Black pepers
1tbsp honey
3 tbsp soy sauce.
2 tbsp sugar
2 tablespoons sesame oil

Let's prepare also some necessary utensils:

1 grilling pan or frying pan
1 clean tray
1 large bowl
blender

Ok, you have them all? Now let's start!

PREPARATION:

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STEP 1: Clean the beef with water and leave it in the fridge for about 2 hours until it is slightly frozen. Then cut it into very thin strips with the "half of a hand" size.

STEP 2: Chop garlic into small pieces and put them aside. Chop onion and pear, then use a blender to gently grind the mixture.

STEP 3: Clean and drain the remaining vegetables, tofu, mushroom then cut them into bite size pieces and put all on a clean tray.

Now, let's make the sauce!

STEP 4: Put the mixture of onion + pear, garlic, soy sauce, black pepper, sugar, honey and breef broth into a large bowl then mix them well together.

STEP 5: Put sliced beef into the sauce bowl, add 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, and mix the meat with the sauce. Then leave the bowl into the refirgerator for 1- 3 hours.

COOKING:

After hours of waiting, now we can cook the meat!

STEP 6: With the Korean traditional bulgogi style, you can grill the meat with the grilling pan and eat them right after they're cooked!

Or you can use a frying pan and follow these steps:

Heat the pan with a little of olive oil or veg. oil.
Pour the meat in the pan and stir it- Make sure to turn around the meat several times until it's cooked.

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