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Korean Soup - Spicy Samgyeopsal
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Spicy Pork Belly - Jeyuk Bokkeum

Ingredients

  • 300 gram Thinly Sliced Pork Belly (~¾ lb) (Samgyeopsal)
  • 3 stalks of Spring Onion
  • 3 Cheongyang chili pepper (Jalapeno ok too!)
  • 8 cloves Garlic

Stir Fry Seasoning

  • 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 1.5 Tablespoons Gochugaru
  • ¼ cup Water
  • ½ Tablespoon Sesame Oil
  • Few cracks of Black Pepper

Instructions

Prep Ingredients

  • Cut Samgyeopsal (Pork Belly) into bite-sized pieces. Use a knife to split Spring Onion Stalks (use the white portions) in half. Then cut them into pinky-finger length pieces (reference video).
  • Cut 3 chili peppers into small pieces. Chop 8 garlic cloves into thin pieces as well.
  • Before we start stir-frying, pre-measure our seasoning ingredients into small bowls as we need to add quickly: Soy Sauce (2 Tablespoons), Sugar (1 Tablespoon), Gochugaru (1.5 Tablespoons), Water (¼ cup), Sesame Oil (½ Tablespoon), Black Pepper (5-6 cracks).

Make Jeyuk Bokkeum

  • Take out your frying pan. Place in the pork belly pieces while the frying pan is cold! After the pieces are laid-on, put it on a medium heat. (If the meat starts in a cold pan, it releases more grease - which is what we want)
  • Season each pork belly piece with a sprinkle of Salt and Black Pepper. Once the bottom-side is slightly crispy, give each piece a flip. Now add-in the chopped garlic pieces. Let it cook on the other side - with the garlic - for 1-2 minutes.
  • At this point, you'll see a good amount of grease accumulated in the pan. Carefully discard the grease by emptying it out into a mixing bowl. Or you can mop it up with a few paper towels.
  • Now, lets continue. Add-in the Sugar (1 Tablespoon). Stir-fry it around for ~10 seconds.
  • Next, add-in Soy Sauce (2 Tablespoons). If you're cooking on a gas stove, tilt your frying pan so that the flames can slightly scorch the soy sauce - do this for only 4-5 seconds! (Don't do it for too long - or the Soy Sauce will burn).
  • Aftewards, immediately add in the Chopped Spring Onion, Chopped Chili Peppers and Gochugaru (1.5 Tablespoon). Stir-fry it around for 10-15 seconds.
  • Now, add in ¼ cup of water. This will turn the mixture from oily to slightly saucy. Stir-fry everything for a final 10-15 seconds. Turn off heat.
  • Crack in some Black Pepper (4-5 cracks) and finish with Sesame Oil (½ Tablespoon). Give it a final stir!
  • Garnish with a few shakes of Sesame Seeds.
  • Serve with a bowl of hot rice! And Bon Appetit ;-)