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Spicy pork BBQ

Dwaejibulgogi 돼지불고기

Hello everybody, Dwaejibulgogi recipe is here! : )

When I was invited to my friend’s BBQ party in upstate New York, I brought marinated beef, pork, and mushrooms (for vegetarians) and was planning to shoot a video for beef bulgogi. I didn’t plan on shooting a spicy pork recipe video, but I changed my mind at the party while barbecuing marinated pork. As you can see, the recipes for beef bulgogi and pork bulgogi are very similar. The only big difference is that I add hot pepper paste to the marinade for pork bulgogi.

Some of you might be wondering what the difference is between my spicy stir-fried pork (dwaejigogibokkeum) recipe that I already posted and this recipe. The taste is very similar but the preparation is different. Stir-fried pork is cooked, as the name suggests, in a pan or a wok over high heat, with the seasoning sauce and vegetables altogether.

Dwaejibulgogi is marinated first and then grilled, pan-fried, or barbecued over charcoals. Both are delicious!

If you are looking for a vegetarian version of this recipe, the marinade can be used with other vegetables: eggplant, squash, or mushrooms.

Enjoy the recipe!

Ingredients (3-4 servings)

  • 1 pound pork belly, sliced thinly into pieces ½ inch x 2 inches and ⅛ inch thick
    tip: You can replace pork belly with pork shoulder or pork loin

For the marinade :

Directions

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add the sliced pork and mix well.
  2. You can grill, pan-fry, or BBQ right after marinating, but it’s best to let it marinate  in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Serve with rice, ssamjang (a soybean paste based dipping sauce), lettuce, sliced garlic and green chili pepper.
  4. Make a small green lettuce wrap with pork, garlic, green chili pepper and ssamjang and eat the wrap in one bite!

Posted on Friday, November 16th, 2012 at 4:02 pm. Last updated on August 14, 2021.
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  1. [email protected] Indiana joined 7/22 & has 1 comment
    Posted June 30th, 2022 at 9:06 pm | or create a profile.

    Can I use pork butt? Also my husband has been going to a Korean restaurant for 35 years and they will make the spicy pork bulgolgi with extra sauce for him so he can dip his rice in the sauce on the sizzle skillet. Do you know what ingredients I could use to do that?

  2. Mickey Mcgoo Sydney joined 10/21 & has 1 comment
    Posted October 4th, 2021 at 5:41 am | or create a profile.

    I tried your recipe, and it was fantastic! I really love Korean style BBQ, but it’s quite pricey at most restaurants, and you never get enough, but now with this recipe, I can have as much of this spicy pork BBQ as I want! Thank you for this wonderful recipe.

  3. OlyTroy Olympia, Washington joined 6/20 & has 3 comments
    Posted June 29th, 2020 at 2:18 pm | or create a profile.

    Is it possible to use korean melon versus pear for meat marinades? It is hard to find pears off season and korean melons taste so similar to asian pears to me. Love your recipes!!

  4. [email protected] MARYLAND joined 11/19 & has 1 comment
    Posted November 16th, 2019 at 10:50 am | or create a profile.

    Thank you very much.

  5. zwicky Anchorage, Alaska joined 12/17 & has 3 comments
    Posted October 11th, 2019 at 2:36 pm | or create a profile.

    Do you cut the skin off of the pork belly?

  6. Horsetheband44 England joined 4/19 & has 1 comment
    Posted April 15th, 2019 at 7:55 pm | or create a profile.

    Hello! Made this and absolutey loved it. Think my marinade was a bit off though, how do you exactly messaure 1/2 cup of crushed pear? is that like half the pear chopped and skinned? same with the onion? Thanks!

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