Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups sticky rice
- Fresh basil - for garnish
- Fresh scallions - for garnish
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16 oz. block of firm tofu - sliced into one inch thickness and patted dry
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1 1/2 lbs. bones pork ribs - sliced very thin
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2 tsps. sugar - divided
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2 tsps. gochugaru - divided
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2 tsp. cooking oil - divided
For the Sauce:
- 4 - 5 garlic cloves - chopped fine
- 2 tbs. sesame oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 jalapeno - sliced thin with or without seeds
- 2 tsps. gochugaru - Korean red chili pepper
- 4 tbs. soy sauce
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 oz. can of anchovies - drained and mashed with the back of fork
- 2 tsps. sesame seeds
- 1 tbs. water
- 2 scallions - sliced thin
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients for the sauce in a medium sized bowl and stir. Set aside until ready to use.
- Place the thin sliced pork in a bowl and sprinkle one tsp. of sugar, one tsp. of gochugaru, one tsp. salt and one tsp. of cooking oil and toss.
- Heat a large cast iron frying pan and place a few slices of the prepared pork in the hot pan.
- Allow one side to get a nice char; then turn over and finish cooking to a nice char on the other side.
- The cooking time of the pork will depend on how thin you sliced the pork. The pork should be cooked through.
- Set the pork aside while cooking the tofu.
- In the same pan that the pork was cooked in; place a tsp. of cooking oil in the pan and place the sliced tofu in the pan.
- Sprinkle the tofu with a the gochugaru mixture.
- When a golden color is achieved on one side; this should take about two minutes per side, carefully turn the tofu over and allow a golden color to achieve on the other side; this should take another two minutes or so.
- Spoon the sauce over each slice of tofu and a fresh basil leaf on top; reserving some of the sauce for the pork.
- Allow the tofu to cook a bit longer with the sauce on top.
Assembly:
- Place the rice in the middle of the plate; followed by the tofu and pork around the rice.
- Spoon the sauce over the pork and a bit over the rice.
- Dust with the gochugaru flakes and fresh cut scallions.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 724
- Sugar: 5.8 g
- Sodium: 1621.4 mg
- Fat: 28.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 45.1 g
- Protein: 67.9 g
- Cholesterol: 166.8 mg