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Spicy Stir-fried Pork

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jeyuk-bokkeum

Pork stir-fried in sweet-spicy gochujang with onion and cabbage.

Medium30 min3 servings🌶️🌶️🌶️★ 85Contains soyContains sesame
Spicy Stir-fried Pork

History & culture

Jeyuk-bokkeum is spicy stir-fried pork shoulder or belly with gochujang, onion, and sometimes kimchi, built for quick home and diner meals. It likely grew from twentieth-century urban eating-out culture and soju bars needing fast, bold plates. Regional recipes differ in sweetness and kimchi use, but the dish is now a nationwide everyday staple rather than a single-province specialty.

Servings
3

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Ingredients & steps

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Ingredients

  • Onion
    1 large, sliced
  • Thinly sliced pork

    Substitutepork shoulder or belly or thin sliced

    400 g
  • Green cabbage
    2 cups, chopped
  • Neutral cooking oil
    1 tbsp
  • Green onion

    Substitutescallion or spring onion

    1 stalk

Seasonings

  • Gochujang (Korean chili paste)

    Substitutemiso + chili paste (approximate)

    2 tbsp
  • Soy sauce

    SubstituteTsuyu (diluted) 4 tsp (2 tsp per 1 tbsp) or Tamari 2 tbsp

    2 tbsp
  • Toasted sesame oil

    Substitutea small amount of olive oil (flavor differs)

    1 tsp
  • Sugar
    1 tbsp

Steps

  1. 1

    Mix gochujang, soy sauce, sugar and garlic into a sauce.

    • Gochujang (Korean chili paste)
    • Soy sauce
    • Sugar
    • Garlic
  2. 210 min

    Pat pork dry. Toss in half the sauce and marinate 10 minutes.

    • Thinly sliced pork
  3. 3High heat3 min

    Heat oil in a pan on high. Stir-fry pork until cooked.

    • Thinly sliced pork
    • Neutral cooking oil
  4. 4High heat2 min

    Add onion and cabbage. Fry 2 minutes.

    • Onion
    • Green cabbage
  5. 5Medium heat2 min

    Add the remaining sauce and stir-fry 1–2 minutes until glossy. Finish with sesame oil and green onion.

    • Toasted sesame oil
    • Green onion

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Equipment

  • Large wok or frying pan

Storage & reheating

Refrigerate 2 days. Reheat in hot pan; great in lettuce wraps.

Troubleshooting

  • ⚠️ Pork is dry

    → Don't overcook; remove pork when just done, then add back with sauce.

  • ⚠️ Too spicy

    → Add more onion/cabbage or reduce gochujang by 1 tbsp.