Another popular Korean dish that I would called it my favorite is this BBQ pork wrapped with crispy lettuce and ssamjang. Ssamjang means wrapping sauce and is usually eaten with BBQ meat. Typically the Korean will put meat, vegetable, rice, ssamjang onto a leaf of lettuce and roll it into bite-size.
Ingredients
200g pork belly or pork collar
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp Chinese cooking wine
Dash of pepper
1 garlic clove - minced
Crispy lettuces
Cooked rice
1/2 Japanese cucumber
Ssamjang Ingredients
1.5 tbsp soybean paste
*1 tbsp gochujang (hot chilli paste)
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp mirin
1 tsp sesame oil
1 garlic clove - minced
Sesame seeds
Methods
1. Slice the pork belly or collar thinly, marinate with soya sauce, sesame oil, wine and pepper for 15 mins or longer.
2. Heat the pan with cooking oil and saute the garlic till fragrant, add in the pork slices and grill till cooked and browned.
3. Make the ssamjang sauce and serve in a sauce bowl, adjust the sugar level to your preference. I am using Chinese version of soybean paste so the level of saltiness may vary from Korean soybean paste. Hence it is important to try your sauce while mixing.
4. Slice the cucumber thinly and set aside.
5. Wash the lettuces, serve together with cooked rice, ssamjang and bbq pork.
6. To enjoy this dish, hold a leaf of lettuce and scoop some rice onto it, add a slice of bbq pork, a little ssamjang and a slice of cucumber. Wrap the fillings with the lettuce into bite size and pop it into your mouth ;) Boss, one can of beer please! Hehehehe...
Notes
1. This dish is especially great if you can do it using a hot grill pan and grill your meat while dining. Otherwise using happycall pan like what I did is fine as well.
*2. You can refer to my previous post on Bibimbap for photo of gochujang
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