My Ungrilled Bulgogi

Submitted by HeatherFeather

"After experimenting with several different recipes, I combined the parts I liked best, relying heavily on one I especially liked from a military community cookbook called the "Ft Riley OWC Prairie Princess" that had been submitted by a Korean lady. You may be familiar with the more traditional way of grilled bulgogi - this version is more of a stir fry. Please try not to overcook the meat - it should still be a tiny bit pink when you remove it from the pan (it continues cooking in the covered dish anyway). This is my favorite dish I make and if you follow my garnishing instructions, this makes an impressive dinner party dish. Prep time does not include 2 hours marinating time."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• Marinade

• 1⁄2 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger powder
• 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon seasoning salt (such as Lawry's)
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

• Additional Ingredients

• 1 bunch green onion, chopped, white and green parts
• 4 carrots, washed, peeled
• 1 lb flank steak, trimmed of any visible fat, partially frozen
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 -6 cups steamed white jasmine rice or 4 -6 cups long grain rice, to accompany each portion
• additional sesame seeds, to garnish

directions

1. Mix marinade ingredients and set aside.
2. Set aside a small portion of the chopped scallions for garnish and add remainder to the marinade.
3. Set meat onto a cutting board- it is usually an almost rectangular shape, with two shorter sides and two longer sides- position the meat so the"longer" sides are on the top and bottom, and the"short" sides are left and right.
4. Take note of the sinewy lines running straight along the"long" side of the meat- those are the grain lines.
5. Take a large chef's knife and cut a very, very thin slice of meat off of the short end, as you do so you should be cutting through the grain lines (top to bottom) as if you were making a line through a grid or a tic-tac toe board- this should result in thin, short strips of meat (cutting through the sinewy lines this way will produce tender meat). Cut all of the meat into these thin, short strips and add them all to the marinade.
6. Take a vegetable peeler and peel carrots (discard peels)- then using the veggie peeler, continue to"peel" off strips of the carrot meat until the carrots are all cut into long, wide thin strips- add to marinade and seal container and flip over a few times to make sure everything is coated.
7. Let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
8. Drain meat& carrot strips,reserving the marinade into a small saucepan (don't worry is some of the green onions end up in the meat or the marinade- they will all get cooked eventually).
9. Heat 1 tsp sesame oil in a large wok or large, deep skillet over medium-high heat.
10. Stir fry half of the meat strips until just cooked through (maybe 5 minutes or so)- there may still be a little pink remaining- immediately remove to a covered dish to keep warm, then stir fry remaining beef (about another 5 minutes or so) and remove it to the same covered dish.
11. (Don't try to cook this all together or you will steam the meat and it will get too watery).
12. Add the marinade to the empty pan and bring to a boil,once it boils, let boil rapidly for 3 minutes to reduce sauce and kill off any bacteria.
13. While it is reducing, portion out 1 cup cooked rice per serving (see TIP below) and divide meat& carrots among each plate.
14. Drizzle reduced marinade over rice and meat and garnish with reserved raw green onion slices and a sprinkling of sesame seeds.
15. TIP: I use a small custard cup or even a 1 cup measuring scoop to form the rice into decorative portions-if you press the freshly cooked Jasmine rice (which is slightly sticky) into the bowl to fill it tightly, then flip it over onto the plate, when you remove the bowl, the rice will have taken the shape of the cup.

Reviews

[chia2160]

my family just loved this! said it was as good as any resteraunt dish! i used a 1.5 lb flank steak, but the same amt of marinade, worked fine.i chopped scallions , cooked the pale part, scattered the greens over the cooked beef. doesn't get much easier/better!!

 

[momstar]

I'v tried many different bulgogi recipes and found this to be my least favorite, sorry. Bulgogi is one of those dishes were your own personal preffernce is required to enjoy it to the fullest. Korean food is my favorite and everyone makes each dish a little different, so you have to find what works best for you.

 

[cdrddavis]

Excellent recipe...actually really easy to make and it tastes great. I will definetly be making this a regular dish in my house!!

 

[WaterMelon]

5 stars for the clear instructions and for the taste! I find the beef-slicing tips very very useful, as I don't really have much experience at cooking beef. The meat was tender, as promised. I marinated it for 18 hours - from 12 midnite till 6pm the next day. I used fresh ginger, sliced thinly as opposed to powder. Didn't have any seasoning salt, so I just omitted that. I thought the dish would be very salty, given the large amount of soy sauce, but it wasn't! My bf hates carrot, so I can't include that (I hate picky eaters!!) or he wouldn't have touch this! I halved the recipe and it was perfect for the both of us. I served this with plain rice congee, along with a long beans-omelette (another weird Chinese dish) and canned Japanese Saba (mackerel). Thanks for the wonderful dinner! (pick a chef) Will submit a pic shortly.

 

[CookbookCarrie]

This was a yummy meal! I used toasted sesame oil because that is what I had, and regular onions....the green onions at the store were all yucky. This was actually quite quick and easy to prepare..dont let the long list of steps fool you!!! Definatly will be made again in my house. DH loved it, and he hates chinese type food!