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Korean Chili
5 from 6 votes

Korean Chili

Korean Chili is total comfort food! The sauce is what makes this dish so amazing! Your favorite vegetables, ground meat on rice or noodles. Delicious.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian-American Fusion

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or another vegetable oil
  • 1 cup onion diced
  • 1 cup pepper any color, cored, diced
  • ¼ cup garlic minced
  • ¼ cup ginger root crushed
  • 2 pounds ground turkey or pork, beef, chicken or sausage
  • 1 cup mushrooms sliced
  • ⅓ cup soy sauce
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 can (28 oz) tomato diced
  • 2 tablespoons sambal olek
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup bean sprout

Instructions

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  1. In a large pot, on medium to medium high, heat oil until it shimmers or a drop of water flicked in it dances.  Add onions an peppers and cook for 5 minutes.  Add garlic and ginger and stir for a minute or two.  Add ground meat and cook until no longer pink.  
  2. Then you have to add the mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, pepper, cayenne pepper, diced tomatoes, sambal olek, cornstarch and water.  Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cook for an hour.  
  3. Remove your pot from the heat and adjust seasoning to your taste.  Add bean sprouts, cover and allow the sprouts to sit for 30 minutes in the chili before serving over rice or noodles.  Enjoy!