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This a super easy recipe for Korean BBQ beef with the most flavorful marinade! Strips of beef BBQ’d by you on a portable grill at your table formerly known as Bulgogi.
Bulgogi, from Korean bul-gogi, literally “fire meat”, is a gui (Korean-style grilled or roasted dish) made of thin, marinated slices of meat, most commonly beef, grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top griddle. It is also often stir-fried in a pan in home cooking. Sirloin, rib eye, or brisket are frequently used cuts of beef for the dish. The dish originated in northern areas of the Korean Peninsula but is a very popular dish in South Korea, where it can be found anywhere from upscale restaurants to local supermarkets as pan-ready kits.
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Korean BBQ Beef
Bulgogi, i.e. Korean BBQ Beef you will BBQ yourself at your table in a fancy restaurant, but no need to go there, now you can prepare it at home.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 portions 1x
- Category: Dinner Recipes
Ingredients
Main Meat Dish
- 800 g rib eye or top sirloin (or any tender prime beef cut), thinly sliced, 2mm to 3mm (1/8 inch) thickness
- 1 onion, optional, peeled & thinly sliced
- 2 stalks of green onion, optional, thinly sliced
- 1/2 carrot, optional, peeled & thinly sliced
- 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame oil
- 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
- 1 Tbsp. cooking oil
Bulgogi Marinade
- 6 Tbsps. soy sauce
- 3 Tbsps. brown sugar
- 2 Tbsps. rice wine (mirin)
- 1 red apple or Asian pear
- 1/2 onion
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
Kimchi Fried Rice
- 2 Tbsps. oil
- 1 clove of garlic, finely minced
- 1/4 small onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup kimchi, cut into small pieces
- 1 Tbsp. kimchi juice
- 2 cups overnight steamed white rice
- 1 Tbsp. soy sauce or to taste
- 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- 3 dashes of ground black pepper
- 1 stalk scallion, cut into small rounds
Instructions
- Blend the marinade ingredients in a mixer or food processor until smooth.
- Set aside.
- Place the thinly sliced meat in a mixing bowl and pour the marinade over it.
- Mix them well together while gently massaging the meat with your hands.
- Add the sesame oil and mix it into the meat. (I prefer adding the sesame oil separately as opposed to mixing it in the marinade sauce.
- The oil can prevent the other sauce from getting absorbed effectively into the meat.)
- Cover the bowl with cling wrap (or move the marinated meat into a glass container with a lid) and marinate the meat for at least 4 hours in the fridge. (If you have more time, you can also marinate it overnight to deepen the flavor even more.
- Preheat a skillet/bbq grill on medium-high heat until well heated.
- Add the cooking oil and spread it well.
- Add the meat and cook it on medium-high to high heat for 3 to 5 mins (until the meat is cooked to your desired doneness).
- Toss in the sesame seeds and stir them quickly.
- Garnish with spring onion.
- [I wanted spicy Korean Bulgogi so added 3 tbsp gochujang paste to the marinade]
- Serve the bulgogi with steamed rice and other Korean side dishes. (Like kimchi). I served it with Kimchi Fried Rice.
Kimchi Fried Rice
- Heat up a wok or skillet on high heat.
- Add the oil.
- When the oil is fully heated, sauté the garlic and onion until aromatic.
- Add the kimchi and do a few quick stirs before adding the rice.
- Stir to combine well.
- Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, and scallion.
- Stir a few times to blend with the rice.
- Dish out and serve immediately.
- You can fry an egg sunny side up and serve the egg on top of the Kimchi fried rice.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Melanie from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 29646
- Sugar: 280
- Sodium: 14042
- Fat: 266
- Saturated Fat: 40
- Unsaturated Fat: 162
- Trans Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 6007
- Fiber: 217
- Protein: 642
- Cholesterol: 233
This post was added to the following link party: Homestead Blog Hop
Esme, we are always cooking Korean food in our home, and this recipe sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #31.
Thanks Stephanie, Hope you will enjoy this Korean BBQ Beef and try it out.
I’m so excited to make this! Thanks for sharing with us at the Homestead Blog Hop. I hope we see more this Wednesday! woohoo!
Good morning Kelly. WOW, thank you so much for your kind words and popping in here. Hope you will try out Korean BBQ Beef and enjoy it. Yes I will be back on Wednesday and thanks for having me over.