Grilled Pork Belly Recipe

Ingredients

3 pounds of pork belly (fresh or pre-sliced frozen)

Green onion salad (pajeori):

  • 14-16 green onions (about 5 cups), sliced thinly
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoon hot pepper flakes (gochugaru)

Doenjang-gochujang dipping sauce (my special kind of ssamjang I make for samgyeopsal-gui):

  • ¼ cup doenjang
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 2 tablespoon gochujang
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Vegetables:

  • 1 bunch of lettuce, washed and drained
  • 2 dozens of perilla leaves (optional), washed and drained
  • 2 carrots, cut into bite size sticks
  • 1 English cucumber, cut into bite size sticks
  • 7-8 green chili peppers, chopped
  • a dozen of raw garlic, sliced
  • 1 large onion, cut across into ¼ size pieces

Instructions

  1. Slice pork belly into bite sized pieces. Put it on a large plate and keep it in the refrigerator.

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Make green onion salad

  1. Soak shredded green onion in cold water for 5 minutes. Rinse and drain.
  2. Combine soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and hot pepper flakes in a small bowl. Mix well and set aside.
  3. Portion the green onion into small serving bowls, and put some sauce on top of each. Set aside.

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Make ssamjang (dipping sauce)

  1. Combine soybean paste, hot pepper paste, sugar, green onion, garlic, sesame seeds, and sesame oil in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.

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Prepare vegetables:

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From the left: onion, garlic, green chili peppers, cucumber, carrot, and perilla leaves

How to cook:

  1. Heat up your grill plate or pan. Put a little sesame oil on the hot plate for flavor.
  2. Cover the grill plate with pork belly. Grill them and turn them over when the bottoms get a little crispy. Keep cooking and turning them over until both sides are crispy.
  3. As the pieces get ready to eat, take them off the grill and put them on a small side plate. People can take the pieces from this plate, or if they’re too hungry they can take them right off the grill!
  4. Eat, but keep cooking!

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Doenjangjjigae (Korean fermented bean paste stew: 된장찌개)

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Kongnamulmuchim (Soybean sprout side dish: 콩나물무침)

How to eat:

  1. Put a piece of lettuce on a plate or in your hand. Add a piece of perilla leaf and a piece of cooked pork.
  2. Add ssamjang, cooked onion or garlic, and some green onion salad on top.
  3. Fold the lettuce leaf over so you have a little package.
  4. Pop it into your mouth in one shot. Don’t bite it in half, it will break open! One-shot!

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