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Easy Bulgogi Sauce Recipe
Bulgogi Sauce is sweet and savory with hints of pear, ginger, and garlic. It’s a staple ingredient in Korean BBQ Beef. This easy recipe is made from scratch and adds great flavors to your grilled beef. You can also use it in the marinade, dipping sauce, burgers, stir-fry chicken, or pork served with rice or noodles.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 8 tablespoons
Calories: 27 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Asian , Korean
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pear juice (or other fruit juice like apple juice)
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
- 1 green onion chopped
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, add soy sauce, brown sugar, pear juice, ginger, garlic.
- Cook for a few minutes or until sugar is completely dissolved. Stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat, and add sesame oil, sesame seeds and green onion.
- Let the sauce cool down. Use it as a dipping sauce or marinade.
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Notes
- This recipe is enough for 1 ½ pound of beef.
- Store the homemade bulgogi sauce in an airtight container and it’ll last about 1 week in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
Calories
27kcal
(1%)
Carbohydrates
3g
(1%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
406mg
(17%)
Potassium
36mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
15IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
10mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8tablespoons
Amount Per Serving
Calories 27
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 27kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 406mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 36mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 15IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.