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Spicy pork in a cast iron pan cooking on a grill.
James Strange

Korean spicy grilled pork

4.93 from 28 votes
Korean spicy grilled pork - Dwaejibulgogi: First the pork is marinated overnight, charred on the grill then cooked in a pan with a spicy sauce.
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Prep Time 4 hours
Cook Time 27 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Korean
Calories: 409
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Marinade
  • 3 Green onions
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 2 slices Ginger
  • 1 Kiwifruit
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 1 pinch White Pepper
  • 1/2 cup Cola
Meat
  • 3 Pounds Pork Steak
Spicy Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Gochujang
  • 1 Tablespoon Sesame seeds
  • 1/4 cup Water
  • 1 teaspoon Brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic finely minced
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame oil
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Soy sauce

Method
 

Prepare the Marinade
  1. Add green onion, garlic, ginger, kiwi, and water to a blender and blend.
    Ingredients for the first step in making the marinade on a plate
  2. To the blender, add brown sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, white pepper, and cola. Mix to combine.
    Marinade ingredients on a table
Marinade the pork
  1. Lay the pork steaks out, and every 1/4 to 1/2 inch, cut half the way thru the meat.
  2. Flip the pork steaks over and rotate 90 degrees. Every 1/4 to 1/2 inch, cut half the way thru the meat.
    A bowl with pork steaks. A hand holding one of the steaks showing the cuts.
  3. Place the meat into a large bowl and pour the marinade over the meat. Turn the steaks over to ensure that the marinade contacts all of the meats surface.
    Pork steaks in a bowl with a picture pouring the marinade onto the steaks
  4. Let the meat marinate for at least one hour.
Spicy Sauce
  1. To a bowl, add gochujang, sesame seeds, water, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Mix and set aside.
Cooking
  1. With your charcoal on one side of your grill, get a fire started.
  2. When the grill is hot place, a cast iron pan on the cold side.
    Pork steaks and a cast iron pan on a grill.
  3. Place your pork steaks onto the grill directly over the coals. Please give them a good sear with a few charred spots on both sides.
    Pork steaks cooking on a grill
  4. Remove from the grill and cut them up. Place them into the cast iron pan. Move the pan over the flame. Please pour the spicy sauce into the pan.
    Spicy pork in a cast iron pan cooking on a grill.
  5. Toss the pork with the sauce. Continue to cook while stirring to prevent burning; when most of the liquid has evaporated, move the pan back to the cold side of the grill.
  6. Continue to cook and continue to stir until the sauce has come caramelization. It's now time to serve.
    Spicy pork in a cast iron pan cooking on a grill.