Jeyuk Deopbap

About the dish

Jeyuk takes its name from jeoyuk, an old Sino-Korean word for pork. Stir-fried in a fiery gochujang sauce and piled over rice, jeyuk deopbap makes a hearty one-bowl meal, and the marriage of spicy pork and warm rice has made it a fixture at snack bars and home-style diners across Korea.

Key ingredient

Pork (dwaeji-gogi) — with about ten times the vitamin B1 of beef, it fights fatigue and fuels energy metabolism; quality protein and methionine support the liver, while unsaturated fats help help maintain healthy cholesterol levels. In season year-round, mainly from Jeju & the Jirisan area.

Ingredients

Main: rice, pork, onion, cabbage, carrot, scallion, cheongyang chili · Seasoning: gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, minced garlic, sugar

Simple recipe

1. Slice the pork thinly.
2. Marinate it in a seasoning of gochujang, gochugaru and minced garlic.
3. Stir-fry over high heat with the onion and scallion.
4. Pile it over a bowl of warm rice.
5. Finish with sesame salt and a drizzle of sesame oil.

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