Name: Korean Marinated Beef (Bulgogi)
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Yield: 4 main-course servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil; 1 bunch scallions (white and pale green parts separated from greens), minced (1/2 cup); 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger; 3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted; 1 lb flank steak, cut across the grain into very thin slices (no more than 1/8 inch thick); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; Accompaniments: butter lettuce or other soft-leaf lettuce; thinly sliced garlic; packaged kimchi*; steamed white rice

Strips of beef with garlic and kimchi over rice on a lettuce leaf set inside a red bowl on a red surface.

Photo by Romulo Yanes

This popular dish can be found on the menu at virtually every Korean restaurant in Manhattan. The beef is topped with various accompaniments such as a few raw garlic slices, kimchi (assorted spicy pickles), and steamed white rice, then wrapped in lettuce and eaten with your hands.

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