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Spicy pork BBQ (Dwaejibulgo…

Spicy pork BBQ

Dwaejibulgogi 돼지불고기

Spicy pork BBQ

Korean name: 돼지불고기
Romanized:
Dwaejibulgogi
Also Romanized as:
daejibulgogi, daeji bulgogi,
doejibulgogi, dwaeji bulgogi, doeji bulgogi

Categories: anju, BBQ, main dish, pork, side

dish, spicy
Made with: garlic, ginger, gochujang, green
onion, ground black pepper, Korean pear, onion,
pork belly, rice syrup, sesame seeds, soy sauce,
sugar, toasted sesame oil,

This recipe was originally posted on November

16, 2012 by Maangchi. It was last updated on
August 14, 2021.

The video has been watched 1,697,916 times on

YouTube & has been liked 20,769 times.

Hello everybody, Dwaejibulgogi recipe is here! : )

When I was invited to my friend’s BBQ party in

upstate New York, I brought marinated beef,
pork, and mushrooms (for vegetarians) and was
planning to shoot a video for beef bulgogi. I didn’t
plan on shooting a spicy pork recipe video, but I
changed my mind at the party
while barbecuing marinated pork. As you can
see, the recipes for beef bulgogi and pork bulgogi
are very similar. The only big difference is that I
add hot pepper paste to the marinade for pork
bulgogi.

Some of you might be wondering what the

difference is between my spicy stir-fried pork
(dwaejigogibokkeum) recipe that I already posted
and this recipe. The taste is very similar but the
preparation is different. Stir-fried pork is cooked,
as the name suggests, in a pan or a wok over
high heat, with the seasoning sauce and
vegetables altogether.

Dwaejibulgogi is marinated first and then grilled,

pan-fried, or barbecued over charcoals. Both are
delicious!

If you are looking for a vegetarian version of this

recipe, the marinade can be used with other
vegetables: eggplant, squash, or mushrooms.

Enjoy the recipe!

Ingredients (3-4 servings)

1 pound pork belly, sliced thinly into
pieces ½ inch x 2 inches and ⅛ inch
thick
tip: You can replace pork belly with pork
shoulder or pork loin

For the marinade :

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½ cup of crushed pear

¼ cup onion purée
4 cloves of minced garlic
½ ts of minced ginger
1 chopped green onion
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs of sugar and 1½ tbs rice syrup (or
2 tbs brown sugar)
a pinch of ground black pepper
2 ts of toasted toasted sesame oil
3 tbs hot pepper paste

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Directions
1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a
bowl. Add the sliced pork and mix well.

2. You can grill, pan-fry, or BBQ right after

marinating, but it’s best to let it marinate
 in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

3. Serve with rice, ssamjang (a soybean

paste based dipping sauce), lettuce,
sliced garlic and green chili pepper.

4. Make a small green lettuce wrap with

pork, garlic, green chili pepper and
ssamjang and eat the wrap in one bite!

Posted on Friday, November 16th, 2012 at 4:02 pm. Last

updated on August 14, 2021.
Tagged: barbecue, bulgogi, dwaejibulgogi, 돼지불고기, jeyuk
gui, Korean BBQ pork, Korean pork bbq, Korean spicy pork,
pork BBQ, pork bulgogi, spicy grilled pork, spicy marinade
pork bbq

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53 Comments:
Stouties500@msn.com Indiana joined

7/22 & has 1 comment

Posted June 30th, 2022 at 9:06 pm | Log in to reply or create a
profile.

Can I use pork butt? Also my husband has

been going to a Korean restaurant for 35
years and they will make the spicy pork
bulgolgi with extra sauce for him so he can dip
his rice in the sauce on the sizzle skillet. Do
you know what ingredients I could use to do
that?

Mickey Mcgoo Sydney joined 10/21 & has 1

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Posted October 4th, 2021 at 5:41 am | Log in to reply or create a
profile.

I tried your recipe, and it was fantastic! I really

love Korean style BBQ, but it’s quite pricey at
most restaurants, and you never get enough,
but now with this recipe, I can have as much
of this spicy pork BBQ as I want! Thank you
for this wonderful recipe.

OlyTroy Olympia, Washington joined 6/20 &

has 3 comments
Posted June 29th, 2020 at 2:18 pm | Log in to reply or create a
profile.

Is it possible to use korean melon versus pear

for meat marinades? It is hard to find pears off
season and korean melons taste so similar to
asian pears to me. Love your recipes!!

olygirl111 Washington joined 7/20 & has

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Posted July 20th, 2020 at 7:24 pm | Log in to reply or
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Hi! Long-time oly resident here and SO

of one very hungry Korean man (who
bugs me for Korean food non-stop)!
Arirang Asian Market in Lacey often has
Korean pears in the refrigerated section.
Give them a try!

joannale28@yahoo.com MARYLAND
joined 11/19 & has 1 comment
Posted November 16th, 2019 at 10:50 am | Log in to reply or create
a profile.

Thank you very much.

zwicky Anchorage, Alaska joined 12/17 & has 3

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Do you cut the skin off of the pork belly?

Maangchi
Posted October 15th, 2019 at 9:54 am | Log in to reply
or create a profile.

No, if I find the pork belly with skin, I

use it because it’s chewy and
delicious.

Horsetheband44 England joined 4/19 & has 1

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profile.

Hello! Made this and absolutey loved it. Think

my marinade was a bit off though, how do you
exactly messaure 1/2 cup of crushed pear? is
that like half the pear chopped and skinned?
same with the onion? Thanks!

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