20 Aug 2010

Korean Barbecue - Bulgogi Lettuce Wraps

A great feast to be had is the Korean barbecue.  There is a grill in the middle of the table, you cook your own meat and eat while the next batch is cooking.  It's a fairly busy and entertaining way to have a meal.  There are also a variety of side dishes (banchan) like kim-chee, bean sprout salad, etc.  I'm doing a simpler version, by grilling some bulgogi (marinated beef) and wrapping it with lettuce.





Ingredients:
-500 grams of beef (sirloin), thinly sliced
-5 tablespoons of soy sauce
-2 tablespoons of water
-2 tablespoons of sugar (white or brown)
-1 teaspoon of minced ginger
-2 cloves of minced garlic
-1 chopped onion
-chopped mushrooms
-Lettuce
-1 teaspoon of pepper
-2 pineapple slices chopped into small pieces or 2 tablespoons of shredded asian pear




Beef & Onions in sauce mixture
Bulgogi on the grill












Instructions:
-Combine and mix soy sauce, sugar, ginger, garlic, pepper and pineapple. Add sauce mixture to beef and onions, put everything in a  Ziploc bag and marinate for a minimum of 2 hours.
-Grill over a barbecue along with the mushrooms.  Pan fry, if you don't have a barbecue.
-Place some meat, onions and mushroom in the lettuce and eat as a wrap.

Optional:
-Goes great with steamed rice.
-For the lettuce wrap, there is a dipping sauce.  A mix of equal parts (1 tablespoon) of soy bean paste, gochujang (red pepper paste), honey, sesame oil and sesame seeds.

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