Bulgogi

or Bul-s#it as my oldest child would say!

Bugogi (Korean BBQ) served over Soba noodles and Swiss Chard

Recipe:
2lb boneless Ribeye ( very thinly sliced against the grain)
1/4c Dark Soy Sauce
3 tbsp cane sugar
1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
1 tsp Toasted Sesame Seeds
1 tsp Sesame Oil
3 cloves Garlic finely minced
3 stalks of Spring Onions white part only finely minced
6 stalks of rainbow chard cleaned and cored
1 pkg of soba noodles

Combine all marinade ingredients and add beef. Allow to marinate at least an hour. Most recipes say to cook this on a Hibachi, we don't have one so I used a stove top grill (one of my favorite kitchen staples.. future blog idea!) Preheat grill on med-high and brush with Vegetable Oil or peanut oil if you prefer (those two oils tolerate high heat well) lay half of the meat on the grill and cook no longer than 30 seconds, flip and quickly cook the other side. Continue with the rest of the meat. Do not over crowed your grill you want to get that crisp delicious char on the meat and that requires a HOT grill.
Once the meat is done (cover with foil and set aside) add the Chard to the grill and drizzle remaining marinade over the leaves and allow to cook for at least 4 min on each side or until it looks wilted enough for the kids to chew through it without gagging. I cooked mine for about 8 min. You can turn the heat down at this point so the marinade doesn't start to burn. Remove from heat directly onto a cutting board and chop to bite size pieces.

I put the chard on the bottom of the bowl soba noodles, meat and garnished with chopped peanuts and more spring onions.

My husband, my youngest and I LOVED it!

My oldest threw his Chard in the garbage, which left him grounded for the night...not because he didn't eat but because he threw food away and that makes me absolutely insane. And because I cannot force feed my 5'9", 13yr old (me 5'3") man-boy he now has some research to do on the starving people right here in America. Or maybe some volunteer work at the local Loaves and Fishes. Or even better, he can hang out with the homeless man who stands at our busiest intersection begging for food, he can even walk there and I can save gas and time. I would say he can ride his bike or his skateboard but he lost his helmet and my husbands helmet so he would have to walk in his Jordans and put some wear and tear on those.

My daughter ate most of it even her chard. There was a bit left which I spoon fed to her.

After dinner was a mother-daughter trip to Burrs' Fountain for some mint chip ice cream.

Sweet Rewards!