Heyyyy, I just realized I have not posted anything in over a month. Yikes! Whatever happened to “post-at-least-once-a-week” goal?!? I really need to keep up with it, don’t I!! Anyways, I’m happy to be back with this favorite recipe. I think you will love this and it goes so well with rice or noodles or just with a lettuce wrap. Check out the full 3-min video and recipe below. Yum, So good! Happy Friday, y’all!

SPICY KOREAN PORK & CALAMARI (쭈삼볶음) – 4 servings
INGREDIENT
1 lb of calamari (tubes and tentacles)
1 lb of thinly sliced pork belly
½ onion
4 green onion

MARINADE SAUCE
½ cup gochujang (chili paste)
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tbsp sweet rice syrup
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp gochugaru (chili powder)
1 tsp sesame oil
black pepper

PREPARATION
Cut slices of pork belly in about 1.5” wide pieces then pre-season with mirin (or sake) and pepper. Julienne onion and green onion. Cut cleaned calamari into similar sizes. I like to score the calamari tubes for softer texture. Make spicy and sweet marinade and add it to pork belly and calamari to set aside for at least 30 min.

INSTRUCTION
On high heat, start cooking the pork belly first to get the fat oil going then add calamari. Cook it for few minutes (about 5 min) until both pork and calamari is fully cooked. Add onion and green onion, add gochugaru and sesame oil at the end to add some more kick and flavor!

PRO TIP
Cooking this dish on high heat throughout is important as calamari will get tougher if overcooked on lower heat. Scoring the calamari tubes will add nice soft texture. Adding onions will add natural sweet flavor and make the dish little bit more saucy and juicy!