Korean BBQ Night

well I was craving some Korean Barbeque and decided to try some new recipes.

Recipe adapted from Spicy BBQ chicken drumettes

https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/maeun-dakbonggui

Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts (enough marinade for 4)

  • 3 garlic cloves, minced

  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger

  • 2 green onions, chopped

  • ½ cup Korean hot pepper paste

  • ⅓ cup rice syrup (or ¼ cup sugar)

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 2 tablespoon light soy sauce

Method:

  1. Make the spicy paste: Combine garlic, ginger, green onion, hot pepper paste, rice syrup, hot pepper flakes, sesame oil, and black pepper in a bowl and mix it well with a spoon.

  2. Add chicken to the paste and mix it well. Refrigerate for 10 to 30 minutes.  (i marinated it for 5-6 hours, but the longer you can marinate it the better).

  1. BBQ chicken:  Grill or BBQ the chicken on medium heat for 30 minutes, or until well cooked. Brush on any remaining hot sauce after the first turn over.

  2. Serve with rice and other side dishes.

Recipe adapted from Korean beef BBQ Bulgogi

https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/bulgogi

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of beef tenderloin, sliced thinly into pieces ½ inch x 2 inches and ⅛ inch thick

Marinade (for 1 pound of beef):

  • ½ cup of crushed pear (i used apple as pears are not in season)

  • ¼ cup onion puree

  • 2 cloves of minced garlic

  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger

  • 1 chopped green onion

  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce 

  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar

  • a pinch of ground black pepper

  • 1 tablespoon toasted  sesame oil

Method:

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl.

  2. Add the sliced beef and mix well.

  3. You can grill, pan-fry, or BBQ right after marinating, but it’s best to keep it in the fridge and let it marinate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight for a tougher cut of beef. 

Yummy and quite simple.  if possible better to marinade the meat as long as you can possibly can but you can always pour the extra marinade at the end of cooking for added flavor.  the chicken was spicy but not insane and the beef was slightly sweet from the apple and brown sugar, so it was a good combination of sweet and spicy.  we served it with some rice and lettuce leaves and some simple sitr fried vegetables with a little soy sauce and sesame oil.  last time i had made some potatoes to accompany the meat but i wanted more vegetables this time.  we had enough left overs for the next day to make some fried rice.

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