Bulgogi (korean Barbecued Beef) Lettuce Wraps

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 3 large round steaks or 3 large sirloin steaks, about 2 pounds total,thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 4 green onions, minced
• 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely minced
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• iceberg lettuce, separated into leaves and kept chilled until serving
• 2 asian pears, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 heat a nonstick pan at medium-low for about 30 seconds.
• 2 add sesame seeds and toast, shaking or stirring pan occasionally, until seeds are a nice golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 combine soy sauce, sugar, garlic, green onions, ginger, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds.
• 5 stir until the sugar has more or less dissolved.
• 6 add meat, tossing to coat.
• 7 marinate 30 minutes or up to overnight.
• 8 grill meat on a rack over hot coals (or in a high broiler) until beef firms up and slightly charred.
• 9 you want that nice glossy brown look, not the sweaty grayish look.
• 10 serve with lettuce leaves and asian pear slices, allowing guests to roll wraps themselves.
• 11 to assemble, layer a lettuce leaf with a slice or two of grilled beef and a few thin asian pear slices, then roll up and enjoy!