One might wonder why one little acorn falling from a tree could cause such a flip flop in my mood, but with that one little nut, I was jarred out of my summer vacation trance with the realization that fall is almost here. When it hit my windshield, I heard the “ping” from inside the car, and my sunny summer disposition came to a screeching halt. The other day an acorn nut fell from one of the scrub oak trees that create an awning over my driveway. This exact Marinade is fantastic used with chicken, beef and pork for grilling on the BBQ.Thinly sliced beef cooked in a Korean marinade tops bowls of rice heaped with fresh vegetables, herbs, and a spicy mayonnaise sauce made with chili paste for a super easy and flavorful weeknight dinner or lunch. It’s a fabulous way to get a bit of sweet and touch of tang from the apple and flavour from the onion into a Marinade. The use of grated apple and onion in a marinade is quite uniquely Korean. So you can have absolute confidence that this is the real deal! So this Korean Beef Bowl (aka Korean BBQ Beef) I’m sharing today is very slightly adapted from her recipe for Bulgogi – Korean BBQ Beef. Not only are her recipes delicious, they always work and she goes to great lengths to ensure she explains ingredients that might not be familiar to everyone. For anyone interested in making real and fusion Korean food at home (note: it’s fusion that stays on the right side of the fusion line!), My Korean Kitchen is a fantastic blog to bookmark. That’s when I first stumbled onto My Korean Kitchen, and food blog run by Sue who is a native Korean now living in Australia. Then went in hunt of a full recipe to follow! The recipe she dictated to me was a loose interpretation, along the lines of “throw in some garlic, grated apple and onion, splash of sesame oil” etc, but I still jotted it down. ![]() Then served either using lettuce wraps or on rice. ![]() It is probably one of the more commonly known Korean dishes in Western countries. Marinated beef which is stir fried with onion and carrots. One such recipe she dictated to me was Bulgogi, which is otherwise known as Korean BBQ Beef. Even though I now live 30km/20 miles from her salon, I still make the trek there every 6 weeks not only because she knows what she’s doing, but also because she dictates recipes to me while she colours and snips away! You will laugh when I tell you how I got onto Korean home cooking…. ![]() But honestly, it wasn’t until perhaps about 5 years ago that I started making it myself at home. I have always loved Korean food, from the moment I first tried it. Whereas once you had to hunt to find great Korean restaurants in Sydney, now they are really common in the city and there are growing pockets throughout the suburbs with an increasing number of great Korean restaurants. Legends like David Chang (of the world renowned Momofuku restaurants) and Roy Choi (LA Korean fusion food truck extraordinaire) have brought Korean food into the limelight. ![]() When I think about food trends in recent years, one of the cuisines that comes to mind straight away is Korean food. This is quite unique to Korean cooking – and it makes an incredible base for this simple, tasty stir fry! This is an authentic recipe for Korean Beef Bulgogi. It’s easy and fast to make, and the ingredients are all from the supermarket. I think you will be surprised by two key ingredients in the marinade: grated apple and grated onion.
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