Korean · Lunch or dinner

Beef Bulgogi

Name: Beef Bulgogi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 1½ lb ribeye steak, frozen 30 min, then sliced paper-thin against the grain; ⅓ cup soy sauce; ½ Asian pear, grated; 2 tbsp mirin; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 6 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated; ½ medium yellow onion, sliced thin; 4 scallions, cut into 2-inch lengths; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tbsp neutral oil; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, toasted; 1 head red leaf lettuce, leaves separated and washed; 3 tbsp ssamjang

Pear-marinated ribeye, scallion, sesame and ssamjang lettuce wraps.

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Prep: 30 min
Cook: 15 min
Makes: 4 servings
Skill: Comfortable
Heat: Mild, adjustable

Contains soy Contains sesame

Maui says

DON'T crowd the pan. Bulgogi needs single-layer contact to char - that caramelized edge is the whole point. Cook in 3-4 batches if you have to.

Ingredients

Everything below makes 4 servings.

1½ lbribeye steakfrozen 30 min, then sliced paper-thin against the grain
⅓ cupsoy sauce
½Asian peargrated
2 tbspmirin
2 tbspbrown sugar
2 tbsptoasted sesame oil
6garlic clovesminced
1 tbspfresh gingergrated
½ mediumyellow onionsliced thin
4scallionscut into 2-inch lengths
1 tspblack pepper
1 tbspneutral oil
1 tbsptoasted sesame seedstoasted
1 headred leaf lettuceleaves separated and washed
3 tbspssamjang

In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.

Nutrition

Per serving, as written.

647calories
37gprotein
21gcarbs
47gfat

Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.

Instructions

Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.

Before you start

Freeze ribeye 30 min, slice paper-thin (1/8-inch) against the grain.
Grate pear and ginger. Mince garlic. Slice onion and scallions.
Whisk soy and pear and mirin and brown sugar and sesame oil and garlic and ginger and pepper for marinade.

Marinate

Toss sliced beef and onion and scallions with the marinade. Let sit 20-30 min at room temp (or up to 6 hr fridge).

20 min · hands off

Sear

Heat neutral oil in grill pan over HIGH heat. Working in batches, spread beef and onions in single layer. Sear 1-2 min per side until edges char and sauce caramelizes. Keep moving - single layer matters for char.

10 min · hands on

Plate

Pile bulgogi onto a serving platter. Scatter toasted sesame seeds. Serve with lettuce leaves and ssamjang and rice - diners wrap their own bites.

2 min · hands on

Make it yours

Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.

Instead of ribeye Sirloin

Sirloin is leaner - slice slightly thicker (3/16-inch) and don't overcook.

Instead of ribeye Chicken thigh

Slice thin, marinate same way, sear 4 min per side. Adds about 5 minutes.

Instead of lettuce wraps and ssamjang and rice Rice only

Skip lettuce - bulgogi over rice.

Instead of lettuce wraps and ssamjang and rice Kimchi and rice

Add kimchi as banchan.

What keeps

Marinated beef freezes 1 month raw - meal-prep gold. Cooked bulgogi reheats well in a hot skillet (don't microwave; it gets rubbery).

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