Beef Bulgogi
by Mary Rogers
Email:theverns223@bellsouth.net

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Source: Allrecipes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Asian
Food Group: Beef
Serves: 4

Ingredients

1 pound(s) beef flank steak, thinly sliced (freeze steak until partially frozen to make slicing easier)
5 tablespoon(s) soy sauce (can use reduced sodium, if desired)
1/4 cup(s) chopped green onion (plus more for garnish)
2 1/2 tablespoon(s) sugar
2 tablespoon(s) minced garlic
2 tablespoon(s) sesame seeds
2 tablespoon(s) sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon(s) black pepper
8 Butterhead Lettuce leaves (can use Romaine or your choice of lettuce)
1 Recipe Kongnamul (bean sprouts with spices) recipe included in instructions

 1.  Put beef in a zip top plastic bat set in a shallow dish.  Stir together soy sauce, green onion, sugar, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil and pepper in a small bowl.  Whisk to blend, pour over beef.  Seal bag and turn to coat.  Chill at least 1 hour or up to overnight. 

2.  Preheat a grill pan (or any large pan for stir frying) over medium high heat, lightly oil pan. 

3.  Remove beef from bag, discarding marinade.  Grill until slightly charred and cooked through, 1-2 minutes per side.  Serve beef mixture in lettuce leaves with Kongamul.  Garnish with additional green onions. 

Kongamul:

Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil.  Add 8 oz soybean or mung bean sprouts: cook, uncovered, until tender, yet crisp, about 15 seconds.  Drain and immediately immerse in ice water several minutes, then drain again.  Whisk together 2 T. sesame oil, 1 T. each soy sauce and gochugaru (Korean red chili pepper flakes), 1 t. each sesame seeds and rice wine vinegar and 1/4 tsp minced garlic in a bowl.  Stir in sprouts, toss to coat.  Top with 2 T. sliced green onion.  Chill at least 1 hour or up to 3 days before serving. 

Notes:I purchased the gochugaru from Amazon, but I believe you could use whatever red chili flakes you have on hand I served it over brown rice, which I boil (like pasta but for 50 minutes), drain and flake with a fork .