Gluten-free beef bulgogi
Sweet-savoury Korean beef seared hot with pear and garlic, piled on rice with carrot strips and cucumber.
- Celiac
- Pregnancy
- Toddlers
- Dairy-free
- Heart health
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- High cholesterol
- Kid-friendly
- Sheet pan
- One pan
- Gluten-free dairy-free
- Gluten-free Asian
Ingredients
- 600 g beef sirloin, thinly sliced
- 4 tbsp gluten-free tamari
- 1 ripe pear, grated
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 carrot, cut into thin strips
- 3 scallions, sliced
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 2 cups short-grain white rice, rinsed
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
Method
- Mix tamari, pear, garlic, sugar and sesame oil into a marinade.
- Toss the beef in the marinade and let it sit.15 min timer
- Start the rice cooking while the beef marinates.25 min timer
- Set aside the kids' share of beef before the carrots go in.Kids’ plate comes out here
- Sear the beef in batches over high heat until browned and caramelised.
- Stir-fry the carrot strips briefly, then toss with the scallions.
Kids’ plate: Beef and rice bowls
On the plate: Sweet beef strips over plain rice with cucumber slices, sesame seeds left off.
Make it a game: Build a rice mountain and top it with beef strips — can they make the tallest one?
Set it aside at step 4, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Marinade is built on gluten-free tamari with pear, garlic and sesame oil, served over rice.
- Kid (4–12): Mild, sweet beef over rice with cucumber slices; nothing spicy in the bowl.
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