Bulgogi Kimchi Hottoek
Enjoy this popular Korean Street Food at home. Our Hotteok with Bulgogi and Kimchi recipe is the perfect snack to give your taste buds an explosion.
Equipment
- Hotteok Press
Ingredients
- cooking oil enough to coat the bottom of the pan to fry the hotteok.
Hotteok Dough
- 1 cup warm water warm but not over 180° or the yeast will die.
- 2 Tbs sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast (1 packet is approx. 2 tsp)
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 Tbs vegetable oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour
Filling
- 1 cup prepared Kimchi chopped
- 1 lbs thinly sliced ribeye typically found at Asian markets
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 3 Tbs brown sugar
- 2 slices ginger
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Tbs sesame oil
- 2 tsp red chili flakes
- 2 stalks green onions chopped
- 1 Tbs sesame seeds
- 1½ Tbs water
Instructions
Hotteok Dough
- In a mixing bowl, combine the yeast, warm water, sugar, salt and oil. Mix until the yeast is dissolved. The yeast is activated when it starts to bubble.
- Add flour and mix until the dough looks smooth
- Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 1½ hours. It will double in size. Meanwhile, start preparing the filling
Filling
- In a mixing bowl, combine ribeye, soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, green onion, red chili flakes, sesame seeds, water
- Cover and set aside and let it marinade. ***Do NOT marinate for more than 3 hours or it will be too salty.
- Drain the marinade from meat. Set pan on medium high heat. Cook meat until fully cooked.
Making Hotteok
- Place the dough on a floured surface and knead the dough.
- Separate the dough into 8 equal balls.
- Add oil to the pan set on low/medium heat.
- Oil both hands. take a dough ball and flatten with your hands. Scoop 2 spoonfuls of beef onto the dough and top with kimchi. Carefully pinch the dough closed.
- Place the filled dough seam side down into the hot oil.
- All the bottom (seam side) to cook for 30 seconds or until it is golden brown. Turn it over and press down with the hotteok press or the back of a spatula until it is the size of a CD.
- Flip and cook for another couple of minutes,
- Serve while hot and enjoy!
Notes
Dough Recipe was adapted from Maangchi.
Pay close attention to heat temperature. It is very easy to burn the outside and have raw dough on the inside.
Optional: for more spicy flavor, add 2 tsp of gochujang
And finally, hotteok is most delicious served hot. Enjoy!