One of our favourite dishes in our house is Korean Beef Bulgogi.
Hubby just got me a meat slicer for Christmas and we tested it out last night! I’m a bit scared of super sharp blades (the meat slicer looks like a table saw). Okay, I am extremely accident prone. Hubby was the one who took on the slicing job and I just made the Bulgogi marinade and cooked our supper. I secretly think he bought me a meat slicer because HE loves gadgets like that. He also got me a Fizzini since my birthday is a week before Christmas. He knows how much I love San Pellegrino and Perrier, so he thought it would work out cheaper to get me a machine to carbonate my own water. I just like fizzy water and I add a drop or two of lemon or lime essential oil to it.
Now that I think more about the meat slicer, I’m wondering if that’s Hubby’s subtle hint at getting me to make Beef Bulgogi more often?
I sometimes chuckle at the thought of my husband, the beef farmer, asking me to make Korean food for supper. When we met, he was a meat and potatoes kind of guy who hadn’t heard of kimchi before. When referring to Chinese food, he thought “North American Chinese food” was actually Chinese food. Now he is a fan of food from all over the world and is a Dim Sum connoisseur. Korean is one of his favourites now, followed closely by Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai.
We still have roasts and potatoes. We still have pasta salad. We have a lot of different types of dishes in this house. I’m glad Farmer J is open to trying out different types of cuisine.
A life without spice has no flavour at all.
- 1 lb beef sirloin (or any other prime cut), sliced thinly
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- ½ c mushroom, sliced
- 2 medium carrots, julienned
- 3 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 4 Tbs soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 Tbsp honey
- ½ tsp black pepper, freshly cracked
- 1 tsp oil
- 4-5 green onions, sliced thinly
- 2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, black pepper, honey, and ginger.
- Stir in onion, carrots, mushroom and beef. Mix so that marinade is distributed evenly and coating meat well.
- Cover with plastic wrap (or lid if your bowl has a lid) and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. For best results, refrigerate overnight.
- Drain marinade and in a wok, cook/stir-fry beef and vegetable mixture on high heat until beef is cooked and tender.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green onions. Serve on top of steamed rice.
Though Korean Beef Bulgogi is usually grilled marinated beef, most of the time, I cook it in a wok at high temp. The truth is that I need to own up and become Queen of the Grill and use the BBQ I got Hubby. He usually does all the BBQing. I do have a raclette/hot plate, so I may try to do it on the raclette sometime. Or I may just continue do cook the Beef Bulgogi the way I do it now. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Right?
Let me know if you give this Beef Bulgogi recipe a try! I’d love to hear what your family thinks. I actually have to double the recipe every time I make it because Hubby and Little One always want to have leftovers for lunch the next day!
This is something my hubby would LOVE!
I love bulgogi and would love to make it at home!
I expected this to be more complicated than this. Sounds yummy and easy!
Heidi, super easy, right?
Made it and it was just delicious. Henry had ethical issues over the beef so I had to cut it into very tiny pieces, tell him it was hamburger and promise that he wouldn’t be eating any part of the cow’s head. He devoured it.
WOW! Glad Henry enjoyed it! Funny thing…Little One has never had ethical issues with eating meat or fish. She’s even gone fishing, caught at 6 lb lake trout, watched my dad clean the fish, cut it up, cook it…and then she ate it!! I was shocked.
It’s a keeper! I love all your recipes and I’m looking forward for some more please!
Thank you SO much, Margaret! That really means a lot to me! xo
This sounds like a recipe that my family would like. We don’t tend to venture to far from Canadian cuisine but we like all these ingredients so I am going to have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing it!
🙂 Let me know if your family likes it, Judy!
That dish looks absolutely delicious, thanks for sharing!
James, my pleasure! Let me know if you make it!
Meat slicers are the greatest, I have had one for years. it is perfect for the thickness and you are finished slicing within minutes.
So true, Tammy! This said, I’m leaving the slicing to Hubby. I’m a tad accident prone! LOL! True story!
Yum, I always wanted to make this!
Oh! Yuen C, let me know if you try it! So easy and so delish!