The Bulgogi Korean Beef 불고기 is the typical dish from Korean BBQ, that is to say, beef strips, usually sirloin or loin, marinated in onion, sugar, garlic, pepper, and then grilled and usually served with rice, kimchi and lettuce to form a kind of “wrap“.
In Korean “bul” means fire and “gogi” stands for meat, meaning cooking over a high flame, hence the term Bulgogi Korean beef (Korean-style meat).
This is the 11th course of the Welcome Spring menu in the column “Building the Menu“.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2 servings
- Cooking methods: Grill
- Cuisine: Korean
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
For the marinade: soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper, one onion, brown sugar, garlic, fresh ginger, champignon or matsutake mushrooms.
- 1.1 lbs Beef (Sirloin or loin)
- to taste sesame oil
- to taste sesame seeds
Steps
Cut the beef into thin slices, then marinate it in soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, onion, brown sugar, garlic, pepper, mushrooms, and ginger.
Cover with plastic wrap and let it marinate in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours and a maximum of 12 hours.
The meat can then be grilled or cooked in a skillet, on a griddle with a drizzle of sesame oil along with sesame seeds and scallions.
The most suitable mushrooms for this recipe are champignons or matsutake.
