Are you planning to have your own Samgyeopsal/Samgyupsal Buffet at home? Worry no more, here’s s a simple guide to your cravings! Remember, you don’t need to prepare all these.. you just ought to know which ones you prefer to have and which ones are feasible. Planning ahead is important so you can order the necessary ingredients. You can purchase your ingredients in major supermarket, Korean store, or any online stores for the ready made Yoppoki or Tteokboki, Jinn Ramen, Jjangmyeon or Ssamjang. Just check on Lazada, Shopee or Facebook market. The recipe below are absolutely yummy even if you choose just one meat recipe – Pork or Beef. You may use Korean Electric Grill Pan or you can also rely on your gas stove with a non stick pan.

Here’s a complete guide and recipe that you can follow.

For the Meat: You can purchase the pork bacon slices at any major supermarkets, even premium beef cuts are available in the butcher or freezer section at SM supermarket. They also sell fresh thinly slices of rib eye and sirloin in tray for 120php. For the pork, I chose the fresh bacon slices in the meat section (not the cured version). For Holiday season, remember to purchase your meat in advance and just store it in freezer.

Veggies: (Your Choice)

• Fresh Lettuce
• Carrots, julienned
• Onions, sliced thinly
• Cucumber Salad
• Korean Pickled Radish (Musaengchae)
• Small Korean Mushrooms (Enoki)
• King Oyster Mushroom
• Togue (Soy Bean Sprouts)

Side Dish/Banchan: (Your Choice)

• Kimchi (Buy in Supermarket or Homemade)
• Korean Ramen Noodles (Instant Noodles)
• Samyang Fire Noodles
• Jjangmyeon
• Chapchae
• Tteokbokki/Rice Cake (Instant Toppoki)
• Buttered Sweet Corn
• Korean Spicy Braised Tofu (Dubu-jorim)
• Sweet and Spicy Dilis (Michi)
• Potato Marbles (Gamja Jorim)
• Kkakdugi – Radish Kimchi
• Kimbap – Rice Rolls
• Scallion Salad (Pa Muchim)

Dipping Sauce (Your Choice):

• Red Chili Sauce (recipe below)
• Ssamjang Sauce (recipe below)
• 1 bottle Korean BBQ sauce (or any local BBQ sauce)
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 1 bottle Chili Garlic Sauce
• 250g Cheese Sauce, Frittos or Tostitos (melted mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, Quickmelt cheese)

Meat Options with Marinade:

• BEEF BBQ – BULGOGI (click for recipe)
• SPICY PORK – JEYUK (recipe below)
• PORK BBQ – SAMGYEOPSAL (recipe below)

Samgyupsal Recipe (Filipino Style)

INGREDIENTS:

For Spicy Pork Marinade:

• 1 kilogram pork belly
• 4 tbsp. Maeil gochujang paste (or Korean red pepper flakes or regular red pepper flakes⁣)
• 2 tbsp. mirin⁣ (or cooking wine/rice wine)
• 3 tbsp. soy sauce⁣
• 1 fresh apple/pear puréed in blender)
• 2 tbsp. sugar⁣
• ¼ tsp black pepper⁣
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• salt, to taste

For Pork Belly BBQ Marinade:

• 1 kilogram pork belly
• 3 green onions
• ½ thinly sliced onion
• ½ grinded onion
• ¼ cup of soy sauce
• ¼ cup of sugar
• ¼ cup of water
• 2 tsp of sesame oil
• 2 tsp of pepper
• 1 tsp of sesame seeds
• 1-2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 tsp ginger, chopped
• 1 bottle Korean BBQ sauce (Ottogi Brand)

DIPPINGS:

• For Red Chili Sauce:
• ½ cup Maeil gochujang (Red chili paste)
• ¼ cup honey or sugar
• ¼ cup Sesame oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons Ginger, minced
• 2 cloves Garlic, minced

Ssamjang Sauce:

• ¼ cup Maeil Ssamjang Soybean Paste
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoon Maeil Gochujang Paste
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make Red Chili Sauce:
   In a small bowl mix red chili
   paste, honey, sesame oil, ginger and garlic then set aside.
2. Make Ssamjang Sauce:
3. In a separate bowl mix in soy
4. sauce, honey, sesame oil, sesame seeds and red chili paste then add onion leeks and set aside.
5. For Pork BBQ/Samgyeopsal:
6. Make ahead Preparation for marinade. In a bowl, mix all marinade ingredients and add the pork into the marinade sauce and let it fully coat the meat.
7. Add 1 or 2 tbsp. of sesame oil and some toasted sesame seeds
8. Mix it by hand and keep it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
9. After 30 minutes, you can grill the meat on charcoal BBQ, broil it in the oven, or grill it on the pan.

COOKING NOTE:
If using a regular stove, use a non stick pan and grill it one or two at a time. If you grill a large batch it will produce too much juice in the pan (just like a stewed meat) and it won’t have a grilled look texture. So you really need to cook it one by one or in two pieces at a time depending on the size of your pan.

Serving Suggestion:
This dish is ideally served with a side of fresh green lettuce or other leafy vegetable. The lettuce is used to wrap a slice of cooked meat, often times along with a dab of ssamjang, kimchi, or other side dishes and then eaten as a whole.

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