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Bulgogi |
Bulgogi is made
from thin slices of sirloin or other prime cut of beef. The meat is marinated with
a mixture of soya sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic and
other ingredients such as scallions or mushrooms, especially
white button mushrooms or shiitake. Sometimes, cellophane
noodles are added to the dish, which varies by region
and specific recipe. Before cooking, the meat is marinated
to enhance its flavor and tenderness.
Bulgogi is traditionally grilled, but pan-cooking is
common as well. A practice common at Korean barbecue,
whole cloves of garlic, sliced onions, and chopped green
peppers are often grilled or cooked at the same time.
This dish is sometimes served with a side of lettuce
or other leafy vegetable, which is used to wrap a slice
of cooked meat, often along with a dab of ssamjang,
or other side dishes, and then eaten as a whole.
Bulgogi literally means "fire meat" in Korean (this
refers to the cooking technique--over an open flame--rather
than the dish's spiciness) The term is also applied
to variations such as dak bulgogi (made with chicken)
or dweji bulgogi (made with pork), although the seasonings
are different.
There is a bulgogi fast-food hamburger sold at many
Korean fast food restaurants. The hamburger patty is
marinated in bulgogi sauce and served with lettuce,
tomato, onion, and sometimes cheese. It is similar to
a teriyaki burger in flavour.
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| Galbi |
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The
ingredients are marinated in a sauce made primarily
from Korean soy sauce, garlic, and sugar. However,
several variations on the marinade exist including
recipes that include sesame oil, rice wine or hot
pepper paste.
Fruit juice has become a more common addition to Korean
marinades in recent years, and is present in some
incarnations of the dish.When cooked on a griddle
or grill, the meat is usually cut in thin slices across
the bones.
This permits the marinade to penetrate the meat faster,
allows the meat to cook more quickly, and makes it
easier to eat the finished dish with chopsticks. Pre-cut
galbi is available from many meat markets in Korea
and elsewhere.
Galbi is generally served in restaurants known as
"galbi houses", and the meat is cooked right at customers'
tables on grills set in the tables (usually by the
customers themselves).
It is typically served with lettuce, perilla, or other
leafy vegetables used to wrap the meat, which is then
dipped in ssamjang (½ÓÀå), a sauce made of fermented
bean curd and red pepper paste. It is often accompanied
by side dishes known as banchan (the most well-known
being kimchi).
In Korea, galbi is also a popular picnic food, and
many people have portable gas or charcoal stoves for
cooking it outside. Many Korean dishes incorporate
with ribs, including soups and stews. Some restaurants
serve "pork galbi," and chicken galbi is a popular
specialty of the Chuncheon region. Galbitang is a
clear soup containing pieces of galbi. Galbi jjigae
is a thick stew with many large pieces of galbi, usually
single bone cuts, which may also contain red peppers,
green peppers, kimchi, and doenjang (Korean bean curd
paste).
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| Samgyeopsal |
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Samgyeopsal (IPA:
/samgjpsal/)
is a popular Korean dish. Commonly served as an evening
meal, it consists of thick, fatty slices of pork belly
meat (similar to uncured bacon). The meat is not marinated
or seasoned, and cooked on a grill at the diners' table.
Prior to consumption, the large slices of meat are cut
into smaller pieces with scissors. A dipping sauce consisting
of sesame oil, ground black pepper and salt often accompany
samgyeopsal. A common way to consume the meat is to
place a slice inside a lettuce or other green leaf with
some cooked rice and ssamjang, a paste made out of chili
paste (gochujang) and soybean paste (doenjang). It is
also common to serve samgyeopsal with large green chilies
and slices of garlic, as well as a spring onion salad.
The meal will typically be accompanied with soju, a
Korean alcoholic beverage. It is typically inexpensive;
dinner costs are usually around \10,000 (roughly $10)
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