Bbc Good Food Korean Recipes

STIR-FRIED KOREAN BEEF

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the soy, mirin or honey, and cornflour paste. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Season the beef and sear in batches, then remove to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Fry the garlic and chilli, then add the spring onions and beansprouts, and stir-fry for 2 mins.
• Return the beef to the wok and add the spinach along with the sauce. Keep stir-frying for another 2-3 mins until the spinach has wilted. Serve sprinkled with the sesame seeds and some rice, if you like.

KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN BURGERS

Steps:

• Make the slaw by combining all the ingredients together. Taste and add more chilli powder, if you like. Chill in the fridge.
• To make the sauce, put all the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer gently until syrupy. Take off the heat and set aside.
• Cut away any fatty excess from the chicken thighs, then season with salt, pepper and the grated ginger. Toss the chicken with the cornflour until completely coated.
• Heat about 2cm of vegetable oil in a large frying pan. Fry the chicken thighs for 4-5 mins each side until crisp. Remove from the oil onto kitchen paper and leave to cool slightly for 2 mins. Then re-fry in the hot oil until ultra-crisp and you can hear it crackle. Remove to kitchen paper to drain.
• Reheat the sauce. Build your burgers by placing some lettuce and kimchi slaw on the base of a bun, top with the crispy chicken and drizzle over the sticky sauce.

KOREAN CHILLI, SESAME & HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Toss the chicken in the soy sauce, sesame oil and ginger. Thread each thigh on two long metal skewers, so that each skewer pierces one side of the thigh. Keep threading the chicken, making sure it's packed onto the skewers tightly. Chill until you're ready to cook. Mix the ingredients for the glaze.
• Heat the BBQ. If using a coal BBQ, wait for the coals to turn ashen before you start cooking. Cook the kebab for 5-8 mins on each side (depending on the heat). Once nicely charred but not fully cooked through, start painting on the glaze. The honey will catch if cooked for too long - the key to nice sticky chicken is applying the glaze in layers, turning the kebab often.
• Once the glaze has been used up and the chicken is cooked through (it'll take about 20 mins in total), transfer to a plate and leave to cool for 5 mins before serving scattered with spring onions.

KOREAN-STYLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan over a high heat, season the steaks and cook for 2-3 mins each side. Remove from the pan and leave to rest.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a separate frying pan, stir-fry the mushrooms until softened, then stir in the garlic, beansprouts, soy and chilli sauce. Cook for another 2 mins, then add the cooked rice and heat through. Stir in the spring onions and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in the pan that you fried the steak in. Add the eggs and fry until done to your liking. Slice the steaks and spoon the rice into bowls. Top each one with the sliced steak, an egg and a drizzle of chilli sauce.

QUICK & EASY KOREAN PORK

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients for the marinade in a food processor and blend until smooth. Season to taste, then pour over the sliced pork. You can now cook the meat straight away, but for best results allow it to marinate in the fridge for at least 30 mins.
• Make the ssamjang sauce (if using) by mixing all of the ingredients together, then set aside.
• Heat a griddle pan over a high heat and cook the pork in batches for 2-3 mins each side until charred and cooked through. Serve with white rice and a few lettuce leaves. To eat, place a small scoop of rice in a leaf, then a piece of pork, smear with ssamjang sauce (if using) and wrap up.