Jong Hee brought this dish to a pot luck dinner and Lad and I both enjoyed it. I called her for the recipe. She said I could come and copy it. When I got there she had handed me a bowl with the marinade and the meat instead. I insisted that I copy the recipe, “You won’t always happen to have some in the refrigerator when I want to make it you know.”
She serves this Bulgogi with ordinary cooked rice. But Lad likes Fried Rice better so I got Jong Hee’s recipe for fried rice as well.
Bulgogi (Broiled Beef
1 lb beef
1 Tbs oil
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 Tbs green onion (chopped)
2 Tbs sugar
2 1/2 tsp minced garlic
2 Tbs sesame seed
Cut beef into thin slices. Add oil and sugar and mix well. Combine all other ingredients and mix well with the meat. Marinate for 15 mins in the refrigerator. Spread aluminum foil on a broiling pan and arrange the meat on the foil. Broil at 350 degrees. Serve with rice.
Boggum Bab – Fried Rice
3 cups cooked rice
3 eggs, scrambled and cooked through (set aside)
2 Tbs oil
1 Tbs canned peas
8 shelled shrimp (or chicken or meatless)
8 large lettuce leaves (washed and dried)
2 tsp salt
Dash of pepper
Add 2 Tbs oil to a skillet and saute shrimp over high heat until tender (not pink). Set aside. Saute cooked rice over medium heat with a little oil using a wooden spoon to separate the rice. Add the eggs, peas, salt and pepper. Stir for 1 minute. Add fried rice on lettuce with shrimp. Serve hot.
More with Jong Hee and introducing Mrs. Kim in the next installment.
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