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Why you’ll love it

If you want one of the most searched Korean mains that always wins, bulgogi is pure glossy umami and fast high heat cooking, minimal effort, maximum payoff. 🔥

Ingredients

• Beef
• 🥩 600 g ribeye or sirloin, very thin sliced (1.3 lb)
• 🧅 120 g onion, thin sliced (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🧅 80 g scallions, cut into 4 cm pieces (1 cup / 2.8 oz)
• 🛢️ 15 ml neutral oil, for searing (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz)
• Marinade
• 🥣 90 ml soy sauce (6 tbsp / 3 fl oz) glutensoy
• 🍐 120 g Asian pear, grated (½ cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🍯 30 ml honey or sugar syrup (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🍋 15 ml rice vinegar (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz)
• 🧄 18 g garlic, minced (6 cloves / 0.6 oz)
• 🫚 6 g ginger, minced (2 tsp / 0.2 oz)
• 🟤 15 ml toasted sesame oil (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz) sesame
• 🌶️ 1 g black pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• Finish
• ⚫ 8 g toasted sesame seeds (1 tbsp / 0.28 oz) sesame
• 🥬 200 g lettuce leaves, optional (4 cups / 7 oz)
• 🍚 450 g cooked short grain rice, optional (3 cups / 1 lb)

Preparation

• 1 Chill and separate the beef If beef is not paper thin, freeze it 20 min, then slice as thin as possible and separate the slices so they marinate evenly. 🥩
• 2 Mix the marinade Whisk soy sauce, grated pear, honey, vinegar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, and pepper until smooth and glossy. 🥣
• 3 Marinate Add beef and onion to the bowl, toss 30 sec until coated, then rest 30 min in the fridge for clean, deep flavor. ⏳
• 4 Preheat the pan Heat a large skillet or cast iron pan over high heat for 2 min until very hot. 🔥
• 5 Sear fast in batches Add 5 ml (1 tsp / 0.17 fl oz) oil, lay in a single layer of beef, sear 90 sec, flip, sear 60 sec, then move to a plate, repeat with remaining beef. 🛢️
• 6 Reduce the glaze Pour any leftover marinade into the pan and simmer 2 min until slightly thick and glossy. ✨
• 7 Combine and finish Return beef to the pan, add scallions, toss 30 sec, then sprinkle sesame seeds and turn off heat. ⚫
• 8 Serve Serve with rice, lettuce wraps, and extra pan glaze spooned over the top. 🍚

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