Ssam Lettuce Wraps
Ssam Lettuce Wraps

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ssam lettuce wraps. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ssam Lettuce Wraps is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ssam Lettuce Wraps is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Ssambap are Korean lettuce wraps made of boldly-flavored seasoned meat, rice, a zingy sauce called ssamjang, and crisp vegetables. Ssam means "wrap" in Korean, and bap means "rice."Besides the rice and the wrap (lettuce most of the time), many variations exist when it comes to the filling of this tasty pocket. In Korean restaurants in the West, it's most popular to make ssambap with galbi.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ssam lettuce wraps using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ssam Lettuce Wraps:
  1. Get 1 lb bacon or
  2. Make ready 1 lb stew meat sliced thinly
  3. Make ready 2 cups white or brown rice
  4. Get 1 head green leaf lettuce
  5. Prepare 3 green onions
  6. Take 4-5 garlic cloves (minced)
  7. Take 1 1/2 tsp sesame seed oil
  8. Take 1/2 tsp sugar

Technically, ssamjang is any sauce that's used for ssam. Assemble the wraps: Layer the lettuce leaves with a scoop of seasoned brown rice, shiitake mushrooms, and ssam sauce (be mindful not to over-fill your wraps). Top with chopped cilantro, sliced scallion, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with sriracha, if you like.

Steps to make Ssam Lettuce Wraps:
  1. Add 2 cups of rice to your rice cooker. Or follow directions for stove top.
  2. In medium pan or pot cut up bacon in 3 quarters.
  3. While your bacon cooks, start making your sauce. Don't forget about your bacon. (Drain on paper towel.)
  4. 1-2 cup gochujang sauce, 3 green onions (chopped), garlic (minced) and sesame seed oil. Mix until well combined.
  5. Wash your lettuce.
  6. When rice is finally done. Make your wraps and chove your face full.

Ssam bap Korean lettuce wrap - wrapped in perilla, kale and cabbage leaves. Ssam and Korean summers go together like butter and corn :). Growing up, in the summer, I remember sitting outside in our back yard eating Ssam with my grandmother and my sisters. My childhood home was on a hill side, overlooking the Han river. To make a wrap, I started with a piece of lettuce, piled in as much steak as I wanted followed by any assortment of the sauces.

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