Dinner tonight: gochujan skirt steak with banchan

 

• STEAK 

  1/4 cup soy sauce

• 3 TB Asian sesame oil

• 3 TB sugar

• 3 TB  sake or dry sherry

• 3 medium garlic cloves, minced

• 2 scallions, chopped

• 1 TB  gochujang 

• 2 1/2 pounds skirt steak, cut into 4-inch pieces

Mix all ingredients together and marinate the steak for 2 hours before grilling 

Banchan 

Asparagus 

Blanch asparagus for 1 minute then rinse with cold water

2 cloves garlic mince 

1 green onion 

2 TB gochujang 

1 TB soy sauce 

2 TB Apple cider vinegar 

1 TB sugar 

2 tsp sesame oil 

1/4 tsp salt 

1 tsp sesame seeds 

Blanch asparagus and rinse then add all the ingredients together then add the asparagus and combine. 

Serve room temps 

Spinach: 

400 g spinach Blanch

2 cloves garlic minced 

1 green onion chopped small

1 1/2 TB soy sauce 

2 tsp sesame oil 

1 tsp sesame seeds 

1/4 tsp salt 

Blanch the spinach for 30-60 seconds then remove and squeeze the excess water out. 

Give the spinach a chop then mix all the ingredients together and combine the spinach. 

Serve room temp.

SMASHED CUCUMBER 

• 1 seedless cucumbers 
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• ▢ 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• ▢ 3 teaspoons soy sauce
• ▢ 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• ▢ 2-4 cloves garlic minced 
• ▢ 1-2 teaspoons chili oil or sriracha 
• ▢ 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• ▢ a small handful of chopped cilantro