Korean Beef Bulgogi

Ingredients

• 800g beef sirloin, very thinly sliced
• For marinade: 1 Korean pear (or apple) grated, 1 onion grated, 5 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 4 garlic cloves crushed, 1 thumb ginger grated, 1 tsp black pepper, 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 3 spring onions
• 2 tbsp oil
• Lettuce leaves to serve
• Steamed rice

Instructions

1. Mix marinade ingredients.
2. Add the beef; massage well; rest at least 4 hours, overnight ideally.
3. Heat oil in a wok very hot.
4. Stir-fry beef in batches 2-3 minutes per batch.
5. Toss in spring onion in the last 30 seconds.
6. Serve immediately.
7. Diners wrap pieces in lettuce with rice.

Serving suggestions

• Lettuce wraps with kimchi and rice are the proper way.

Storage & reheating

Marinated raw beef keeps 2 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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