
CLAIRE TANSEY'S STICKY KOREAN BEEF
Prep time 5 minutes | Ready in 15 minutes | Serves 3 to 4
This classic Korean flavour combination is out-of-this-world delicious. It’s traditionally made with really thinly sliced beef, but since that’s time consuming and a difficult technical skill to master, I simplified it by using ground meat instead. The key here is to use a pan that
is not non-stick and to let the beef cook without touching it at first so the meat gets a little bit crispy. Then, the sugar in the sauce makes the beef sticky while the other flavours meld into a dish that’s basically impossible not to like.
If you have time to cook a pot of rice, it’s the ideal accompaniment. If not, spoon the beef into lettuce cups or even warmed tortillas. Or just eat it with a spoon—it’s that good.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 500 g medium or lean ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon hot chili flakes (optional)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 4 cups thinly sliced napa cabbage
- 2 green onions, chopped
Method:
- Heat a large cast iron pan over high.
- Add the sesame and canola oils.
- Allow the oils to get really hot, then add the beef and press it into an even layer. Let it cook, without stirring, about 5 minutes, or until the edges become dark brown and slightly crispy.
- Add the garlic, ginger and chili flakes and then stir, breaking up the larger pieces of meat, and cook another 2 to 4 minutes, or until it’s mostly cooked through. If there is excess fat in the pan (this happens if you use medium ground beef), spoon out and discard some fat, leaving roughly 3 tablespoons of it in the pan.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar over the meat and add the soy sauce. Stir well and cook about 30 seconds,
- Then add the cabbage. Stir and cook until cabbage softens just a bit, about 3 minutes.
- Garnish with green onions.
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