Apple Pork Bulgogi with Kale and Apple Salsa

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  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    40 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    6

  • Calories

    599 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Fusion

Apple Pork Bulgogi with Kale and Apple Salsa

Addition of apples make this pork bulgogi more delicate than the original marries wonderfully well with any cooked greens like kale or cabbage. Top it with my apple salsa and it's a combination that will keep your mouth happy till the last bite.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 2 lb pork (top loin center boneless extra thin or Korean pork bulgogi cut from neck/butt/shoulder)
  • 1 onion sliced, medium

For the marinade

  • 1 apple Granny Smith
  • 1 Tbsp ginger (grated)
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 2 Tbsp gochujang (Korean red pepper bean paste)
  • 2 Tbsp cooking rice wine or mirin
  • 1 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 2-3 Tbsp sugar (to taste)
  • 1-2 tsp red chili powder gochukaroo, Korean
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 cup apple juice

For Sauteed Kale and Apple

  • 1 apple sliced thin, Granny Smith
  • 1 kale cut into strips, bunch
  • 1 tsp ginger fresh
  • 1-2 Tbsp mirin
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper

For Apple Salsa

  • 1 apple diced, honey crisp
  • 1 tsp orange zest or lemon zest
  • 2 Tbsp purple onion (chopped)
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp white wine or mirin
  • 1 Tbsp apple juice
  • 1 Tbsp rice vinegar or apple vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 Tbsp green onion (chopped)
  • 1/4 tsp salt (to taste)

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth to make the marinade.
  2. Marinate pork for about 15 min. or up to overnight.
  3. Cut onion and apple into thin slices and kale into strips.
  4. Make apple salsa by combining all the ingredients. Let it rest.
  5. Heat frying pan with oil and ginger on high heat for 1 min or less.
  6. When ginger starts to brown, add kale and apples and saute for about 2 min.
  7. Add mirin. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 1 more min or so until kale is tender.
  8. Put Kale aside. In the same pan, add a little more oil.
  9. Cook pork bulgogi and onions.
  10. Turn pork over when it has browned.
  11. Serve pork on a bed of onions, spread kale and apples around the bulgogi.
  12. Top with the apple salsa and there you go!!

Notes

  • Amazingly good and quite simple to prepare. Serve with a bowl of rice and it will be just so perfect. Leftover pork bulgogi (cooked or uncooked) can be frozen for later. Add more gochujang or chili pepper powder for extra kick!

Nutrition Information

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Calories 599kcal (30%) Carbohydrates 35g (12%) Protein 27g (54%) Fat 39g (60%) Saturated Fat 12g (60%) Cholesterol 108mg (36%) Sodium 568mg (24%) Potassium 659mg (14%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 26g (52%) Vitamin A 1130IU (23%) Vitamin C 20.5mg (23%) Calcium 48mg (5%) Iron 1.7mg (9%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 599 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 599kcal 30%
Carbohydrates 35g 12%
Protein 27g 54%
Fat 39g 60%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Cholesterol 108mg 36%
Sodium 568mg 24%
Potassium 659mg 14%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 26g 52%
Vitamin A 1130IU 23%
Vitamin C 20.5mg 23%
Calcium 48mg 5%
Iron 1.7mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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