Savory Dae Ji Bulgogi Korean Spicy Pork cooks up flavorful and tender from your Instant Pot or Pressure cooker for a great low carb keto spicy pork dinner. Wrap up the meat in lettuce leaves and enjoy the crunchy, spicy goodness.
It's probably heresy to make Dae Ji Bulgogi in a pressure cooker. In fact, when you think that Bulgogi means Fire Meat or Grilled meat, you have to wonder what I am up to with this heretical dish.
Let me just say--try it before you knock it.
I love grilled meat as much as the next girl. But there is something about making this meat in the pressure cooker first, and then caramelizing it, that makes for the most tender little morsels of umami goodness you have ever had.
Pressure cooking makes the meat tender, it makes the dish almost entirely hands-off, and it infuses beautiful flavor well into the meat in a way that grilling doesn't--and you can do this in the dead of winter without stepping outside.
What's not to love?
DO I REALLY NEED TO FOLLOW THE FINISHING STEPS AND DIRTY ONE MORE PAN TO MAKE THIS DAE JI BULGOGI??
Listen, if I tell you to do something that is a) extra work and b) extra dishwashing, you have to know there's a good reason for it.
You must know by now how lazy/efficient I am, but also that I test everything I post.
Now I will tell you, while you could eat this straight out of the pressure cooker--this dish is ENTIRELY elevated in those 8 minutes you're going to spend pan-searing and caramelizing it. it is out of this world good when you just go that extra step.
I should know. I tried (lots of) it both ways.
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My Beef Bulgogi recipe uses such basic ingredients yet comes out tasting so very good. Make this dish quickly and with minimal effort in your air fryer.
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EQUIPMENT YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE THIS INSTANT POT PRESSURE COOKER KETO DAE JI BULGOGI:
- Instant Pot Mini Duo or Instant Pot 6 quart or Instant Pot 8 Quart
- Measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Cutting Board (my fav one)
- Good set of Kitchen knives
- 10 inch cast iron pan
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Ingredients
For Marinating and Cooking
- 1 lb (453.59 g) Boneless Pork Shoulder, cut into short 1/4-1/2 inch slices
- 1 (1) Onion, sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Minced Ginger
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Minced Garlic
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) rice wine
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Sesame Oil
- 2 packets (2 packets) Splenda
- 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) gochujang
- 1/4-1 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Gochugaru
- 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) Water
For Finishing
- 1 (1) Sliced Onions
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Sesame Seeds
- 1/4 cup (25 g) Chopped Green Scallions
Instructions
- In the inner liner of your Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker, mix up all the marinating and cooking ingredients. Allow this to sit for at least an hour if possible, and up to 24 hours if you need to.
- Cook at high pressure for 20 minutes and let it release pressure naturally for 10 minutes. When 10 minutes are up, release all remaining pressure.
- When you open the pot, you will see the well-cooked meat and some very yummy-looking sauce.
- Heat up a wide cast iron pan or some other pan that will get very hot.
- To this hot pan, add the pork cubes, and the thinly sliced onion.
- Let this get hot and then pour in 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the sauce. If you have the heat up high enough this sauce will start to sizzle and caramelize quickly. Mix well with the pork.
- You’re trying to get this sauce to evaporate, leaving behind it’s tasty goodness onto the meat.
- Once the sauce has evaporated and the onions have softened, sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions, and serve.
- You can use the rest of the sauce from your pressure cooker to serve on the side.
- Substitutes:
- If you do not eat pork, use beef sirloin or chicken thighs. For chicken, leave the thighs whole, cook for 10 minutes under pressure and then cut up later.
- There is no substitute for gochujang in this recipe. if you buy it, however, I have several gochujang recipes that use this tasty goodness. It keeps well for months in the refrigerator.
- If you are GF, use this brand of GF gojuchang, as some varieties do contain wheat.
- You can sub 1 tablespoon of agave nectar or honey for the Splenda
- Serving suggestions: wrap in lettuce leaves for low carb, or serve over rice.
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Valerie White
Just made this tonight with chicken thighs. I doubled it for our family and the only substitution was sugar-free brown sugar for the Splenda. I poured off all the liquid and thickened and carmelized it before adding back the cooked chicken. I threw in some red pepper strips for colour during the last minute and sprinkled with sesame seeds. My hubby and I had this over spaghetti squash and the other 2 had it over pasta. My fussy nine year old didn’t stop raving about it and had 2 bowls! Big hit!
Pal
Used sirloin, which I accidentally bought, instead of ribeye, for a different recipe. Don't ask! I'm not a big sirloin fan, but the meat came out super tender. And frying on high heat really upped the flavor. I ate with egg noodles, and a dollop of sour cream.
I got that tip from looking at the goulash recipe. I'm just waiting on my sweet paprika to come in for that one.
EssEss EssEss
I am confused about the sliced onion. Do we use it in 2 places? Then when caramelizing, are we putting the onions from the instant pot AND new onions from the toppings into the pan to caramelize?
Or is the onion in the 'finishing' list supposed to be added on top raw as garnish? The garnishing doesn't mention it, but the caramelization only mentions the 'thinly sliced onion' which was the one that was already cooked.
Theresa
I make this regularly it is so good. Cheated once and didn’t want to wait for the sauce reduction let me tell you if you don’t complete this step you’re really missing out. I use chicken broth though instead of water in the IP
Nancy
We make this at least once a month! It is delicious!
Amy
If we’re not trying to be keto, can we sub sugar for Splenda? If so, how much?
URVASHI PITRE
Yes you can and I think it’s 1-1 splenda to sugar