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Recipe

Korean Marinated Beef

serves
prep time: 10
cook time: 20

ingredients

1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
1 bunch scallions (white and pale green parts separated from greens), minced (1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced peeled ginger
3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1 pound flank steak, cut across the grain into very thin slices (no more than 0.125 inch thick)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Accompaniments: lettuce, thinly sliced garlic, packaged kimchi, steamed white rice, rice noodles, cilantro

directions

Stir together soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, white and pale green scallions, garlic, ginger, and 2 tablespoons sesame seeds in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Add steak and toss to coat, then marinate 15 minutes.

Heat vegetable oil in a 12 inch heavy skillet over high heat until just smoking, then add steak in 1 layer and sauté,, turning over occasionally, until browned and just cooked through, about 5 minutes total. Transfer to a platter and sprinkle with scallion greens and remaining 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, then serve with accompaniments. As a variation, try cooking the steak whole before slicing and placing on a bed of lettuce with rice noodles.