Quick & Easy Korean Pork

Name: Quick & Easy Korean Pork
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: korean
Ingredients: 500g good-quality pork belly skin and ribs removed (you can ask your butcher to do this), carved into thin slices; 1 large lettuce such as Little Gem or iceberg, leaves washed and separated, cooked white short-grain rice, to serve; 2 Conference pears peeled and cored; 1/2 white onion; 3 garlic cloves; thumb-sized piece ginger; 1 spring onion; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 2 tbsp Korean chilli paste (or any Asian chilli paste); 3 tbsp Korean soy bean paste; 1 1/2 tbsp Korean chilli paste; 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tsp roasted sesame oil; 1 tsp sesame seed; 1/2 spring onion white part only, finely chopped

4.25 (4)

⏱ 30 mins 🍽 Serves 4 🌶 korean ✅ Easy 🏷 Main course

This quick Korean dish features pork belly marinated in a sweet and spicy paste, then griddled until charred. It is served with crisp lettuce leaves and rice, perfect for wrapping into fresh parcels. The recipe includes a simple ssamjang sauce for extra flavour. Ready in about 30 minutes, it makes a fantastic main course for four people.

Ingredients

500g good-quality pork belly skin and ribs removed (you can ask your butcher to do this), carved into thin slices
1 large lettuce such as Little Gem or iceberg, leaves washed and separated, cooked white short-grain rice, to serve
2 Conference pears peeled and cored
1/2 white onion
3 garlic cloves
thumb-sized piece ginger
1 spring onion
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 tbsp Korean chilli paste (or any Asian chilli paste)
3 tbsp Korean soy bean paste
1 1/2 tbsp Korean chilli paste
2 tbsp mirin
1 tsp roasted sesame oil
1 tsp sesame seed
1/2 spring onion white part only, finely chopped

Method

Combine all the marinade ingredients in a food processor and blend to a smooth consistency. Taste and season, then coat the sliced pork with the mixture. You can cook immediately, but marinating in the fridge for at least 30 mins is recommended.
Prepare the ssamjang sauce by stirring all its listed ingredients together until combined. Set this sauce aside for later.
Place a griddle pan over a high heat. Cook the pork in batches for 2-3 mins on each side until it is charred and fully cooked. Serve alongside white rice and lettuce leaves. To assemble, put a little rice in a lettuce leaf, add a piece of pork, dab with ssamjang sauce if desired, and wrap it up.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories456 kcal

Fat25 g

Saturates7 g

Carbs32 g

Sugars28 g

Fibre5 g

Protein25 g

Sodium920 mg

Salt2 g

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy

CategoryMain course

Cuisinekorean