Spinaker I'm so haphazard about recipes it's tough to pass them on, but here's more or less what I do. This is super simple, as you'll see, and is more inspired by the real thing, not pretending it's authentic Korean style.
It's just grilled pork belly lettuce wraps with some veggies - here's how I do it.
Make a green onion salad first so the flavors can blend while you're doing the rest. Do that by slicing green onions lengthwise and cutting so you have a pile of very thin strips a couple inches long. Add a tiny amount of sugar - not trying to make it sweet, just add a hint. Pour on some soy sauce, sesame oil, and sprinkle on some chili pepper flakes. Maybe a little salt, but soy sauce is already salty, so not too much.
Before you put all those ingredients away, make a dipping sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, minced onion, and ideally some korean soybean paste if you have it, but you'll survive without it.
Slice pork belly into thin rectangular slices the right size for handling with chopsticks. You don't need to marinate or season - you'll get that really natural pork flavor that blends with all the other flavors. You can also do other meats - slices of sirloin steak, etc.
Get some lettuce ready to use as wraps. You can also slice some other vegetables such as carrots, cucumbers, and radishes into strips the right size for lettuce wrapping. Also kimchi is great if you have it.
Somewhere in all that, you hopefully lit some charcoal so right about now the Lodge grill is ready to go. Gather everyone around the grill with chopsticks. Grill some meat and eat. Fill a lettuce wrap with some green onion salad, meat, sliced veggies. Dip in the sauce and eat. You can combine with other side dishes for a larger meal, or keep it simple and make this the whole show.
It's just grilled pork belly lettuce wraps with some veggies - here's how I do it.
Make a green onion salad first so the flavors can blend while you're doing the rest. Do that by slicing green onions lengthwise and cutting so you have a pile of very thin strips a couple inches long. Add a tiny amount of sugar - not trying to make it sweet, just add a hint. Pour on some soy sauce, sesame oil, and sprinkle on some chili pepper flakes. Maybe a little salt, but soy sauce is already salty, so not too much.
Before you put all those ingredients away, make a dipping sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, minced onion, and ideally some korean soybean paste if you have it, but you'll survive without it.
Slice pork belly into thin rectangular slices the right size for handling with chopsticks. You don't need to marinate or season - you'll get that really natural pork flavor that blends with all the other flavors. You can also do other meats - slices of sirloin steak, etc.
Get some lettuce ready to use as wraps. You can also slice some other vegetables such as carrots, cucumbers, and radishes into strips the right size for lettuce wrapping. Also kimchi is great if you have it.
Somewhere in all that, you hopefully lit some charcoal so right about now the Lodge grill is ready to go. Gather everyone around the grill with chopsticks. Grill some meat and eat. Fill a lettuce wrap with some green onion salad, meat, sliced veggies. Dip in the sauce and eat. You can combine with other side dishes for a larger meal, or keep it simple and make this the whole show.
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