Bulgogi marinated pork skewers, ssamjang sauce, korean style rice

Preparation time: 45 min

Preheat your BBQ at 500 °F

• Preparation

  MARINADE

  Peel the pear, then cut in four. Remove the core and cut into large segments.

  Peel and chop the shallot, the ginger and the garlic.

  Cut the green onions finely.

  Toast the sesame seeds in a dry hot pan. 

  PORK

  Rub the pork with the brown sugar.

  SAUCE

  Toast the sesame seeds in a dry hot pan.

  Cut the green onions finely.

  Chop the garlic finely,

  RICE

  Clean the coriander, remove the leaves for garnish and dispose of the stems.

  Seed and dice the peppers

  Cut the red onion into a small dice.

• Marinade

  In a food processor, mix all the ingredients until you obtain a smooth dough.

  Cut the pork loin into cubes, approximately 2cm.

  In a large container, cover the meat with the marinade. Make sure to film tightly with saran wrap and let the meat marinate for 3 hours in the refrigerator.

• Pork loin

  Remove the maximum amount of marinade possible from the meat cubes, this will prevent the latter from burning on the BBQ.

  Skewer the pork loin cubes on a metal skewer. Place the skewers on the BBQ, close the lid and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes.

  Turn the skewers over and cook for another 3 minutes.

  Remove the pork skewers from the BBQ, asure that they are cooked thoroughly.

• Sauce

  In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together, keep it in the refrigerator.

• Rice

  In a big pot bring a large volume of salted water to a boil (10 g coarse salt / liter of water), cook the rice for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a frying pan on med-high heat, caramelize the onion quickly with a pinch of salt and olive oil then fry the bell peppers until they are tender. Season with salt and pepper, add the drained rice, garlic, ginger and finish with cilantro. Keep warm.

• Plating

  Top the skewers with ssamjang sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

  Place the skewers on the edge of a plate, add the rice, garnished with a coriander. Add a small bowl for dipping filled with sauce.