Ingredients: 

1 pound of beef (tenderloin or sirloin),

lettuce, green onions, garlic, salt, black pepper, sugar, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, soy sauce, hot pepper flakes, hot pepper paste (“gochujang”), and bean paste (“doenjang”). 


Cut the beef into bite-sized pieces, ½ inch in thickness, and put them in a bowl. 

Add 1 ts of salt, a pinch of ground black pepper, and 1 TBS of sesame oil and mix it by hand. Set it aside when you’re done. 

Make ssam jaang (dipping sauce) by mixing the following ingredients: 1 TBS hot pepper paste, 2 TBS bean paste, ½ TBS sugar, 1 clove of minced garlic, 1 TBS of chopped green onion, 1 TBS of sesame oil, ½ TBS toasted sesame seeds. 

That’s it! You made a very nice dipping sauce! Make seasoned green onion (“pa juh ri”) this way: 1) 2) 3) Slice 8 green onions thinly, in 5 cm lengths. 

Cut them into thin strips Rinse the sliced green onion in running water. 

Drain it and set it aside. Make the sauce by mixing 2 TBS of soy sauce, 1 TBS of hot pepper flakes, ½ TBS of sugar, 1 TBS of sesame seeds, and 1 TBS of sesame oil. 

Add the green onions to the sauce, and mix it up with a spoon. 

 Are you ready to cook? 

Slice up a dozen cloves of garlic and place them in a small bowl. 

Cut carrots and cucumbers into bite-sized sticks for dipping. 

On a heated grill or pan, drizzle some sesame oil (1 TBS) to prevent meat from sticking onto the grill and to give it a good flavor. 

Add chunks of meat and sliced garlic using your tongs and cook. 

When it’s cooked, wrap a piece of beef and garlic in a lettuce leaf. 

Add some dipping sauce and pop it into your mouth.

 All you can do is chewing and enjoying the delicious taste!