Instant Korean Bulgogi: Korean bulgogi made easy with pre-made Korean BBQ marinade
Who loves Bulgogi (불고기, Korean BBQ beef)! Everyone!
Seriously, I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t like it yet. I actually have developed a pretty epic Bulgogi recipe using a homemade Bulgogi sauce, so you should definitely check it out even if you don’t like cooking it from scratch. 😉 Seriously, the sauce is so easy and quick to make!
But since you’re reading this post, I’m going to assume that you don’t really want to put any effort into making the Bulgogi sauce by yourself, correct?
In general, I don’t like buying instant sauce for cooking. It doesn’t taste very natural to me. Also they actually don’t taste that nice compared to a homemade version.
My Preferred Instant Korean Bulgogi Marinade
Though, I will admit that every now and then (like once a year), I do buy a bulgogi marinade for convenience. This bibigo Korean BBQ sauce is my first preference but if it’s not available, I would get CJ bulgogi sauce. Essentially both of these are manufactured by the same company but they are just two different brands.
How to Use Instant Korean Bulgogi Marinade
There’s a suggestive guideline on the back of the bottle as to show how much marinade to use per weight of the beef.
In the below recipe, I will show you how I normally cook Instant Korean Bulgogi! Enjoy!
Ingredients for 2 servings
Main
- 330 g / 11.6 ounces beef sirloin, cut into bite size
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 carrot, thinly sliced
- 4 stalks of spring onion, thinly sliced
- (Optional) 1 pack of enoki mushrooms, stems removed
- Some cooking oil
Marinade (mix these in a bowl – I always like to add some additional ingredients on top of instant marinade)
- 5 Tbsp instant beef marinade
- 1 Tbsp rice wine
- A few sprinkles of ground black pepper
- A few sprinkles of ginger powder
How to Make Bulgogi with Pre-made Sauce
- Marinate the meat in marinade for 4 hrs in the fridge. (Overnight marination is even better)
- Heat up your wok / skillet on medium high heat and once heated add some cooking oil. Add the meat and all vegetables (except for the enoki mushrooms) and stir occasionally.
- Once the meat and the vegetables are half cooked, reduce the heat to medium and cook further until all ingredients are fully cooked.
- Add the enoki mushrooms a few minutes before you serve and quickly stir it. Serve.
Instant Korean Bulgogi
Ingredients
MAIN
- 330 g beef sirloin (11.6 ounces), cut into bite size
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 1/4 carrot thinly sliced
- 4 stalks spring onion thinly sliced
- 1 pack enoki mushrooms stems removed
- Some cooking oil
MARINADE (MIX THESE IN A BOWL – I ALWAYS LIKE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS ON TOP OF INSTANT MARINADE)
- 5 Tbsp instant bulgogi sauce
- 1 Tbsp rice wine
- A few sprinkles ground black pepper
- A few sprinkles ginger powder
Instructions
- Marinate the meat in marinade for 4 hrs in the fridge. (Overnight marination is even better)
- Heat up your wok / skillet on medium high heat and once heated add some cooking oil. Add the meat and all vegetables (except for the enoki mushrooms) and stir occasionally.
- Once the meat and the vegetables are half cooked, reduce the heat to medium and cook further until all ingredients are fully cooked.
- Add the enoki mushrooms a few minutes before you serve and quickly stir it. Serve.
Nutrition
The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Thx for sharing! By the way, should i add pepper & grated ginger in marinated meat or while frying them?
Technically you don’t have to add them since it’s already included in the marinade bottle. I just like adding them additionally. 🙂 If you do add them, do it while marinating. As mentioned in the recipe, mix all marinade ingredients in a bowl then add the meat. Mix them well. That’s it.
Can I use this to marinate chicken breasts as well?
Hi Troy, Yes, you can use the instant bulgogi sauce for chicken breast. I even made this recipe with it. https://mykoreankitchen.com/chicken-bulgogi-burrito/ 🙂 Enjoy!
Hi, i found this recipe to make Korean BBQ pork. Can I use the fermented red pepper paste to make the daeji bulgogi? Thank you.
Cece, I think you are referring to Gochujang?
Yes, you can use that to make spicy daeji bulgogi.
Where can I but this Baekseol at?
@blia
I know this is long after you posted and you may never see this but for the benefit of others…
if the sauce is too sweet, you can always add additional soy sauce and maybe some of your own particularly liked spices to tone down the sweetness.
Hi! I LOVE your website.
I tried this sauce a couple of years ago & it tasted too sweet for me! I’m looking forward to trying your natural sauce version
Also, I was wondering if you could post up more side dish recipes such as:
anchovies, spinach, fish cake, potatoes, etc. Whenever I go to a Korean restaurant, I eat these more than I do the main dish. 🙂
Thanks again!
Hi, I chance upon your site while looking for Korean steam eggs. It’s not exactly what I was looking for but I’m totally impressed with your site. Now I’m looking at bulgogi and definitely going to do this with wrapped rice paper and with the instant sauce.
Thanks for sharing.