Cabbage Pillows
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Start by boiling some cabbage leaves just enough to soften them up.
- 2Dice up one shallot.
- 3Add the diced shallot to a pan with ground beef.
- 4Cook until the beef is browned and broken into small pieces.
- 5Remove the stems from the mushrooms and chop them very small.
- 6Cook the chopped mushrooms separately in the pan to sweat out all the liquid.
- 7Combine the mushrooms and beef mixture.
- 8In a bowl, mix gochujang, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, minced ginger, 2 cloves of garlic, and cornstarch to create a Korean-inspired marinade.
- 9Pour the marinade into the pan with the beef and mushroom mixture.
- 10Toss in scallions and sesame seeds.
- 11Grab your cabbage leaves, add a spoonful of the filling, and roll them up nice and fat.
- 12Pan sear the cabbage rolls until golden brown on all sides.
- 13Pour more of the marinade around them and enjoy.
Ingredients
- Napa cabbage
- shallot
- ground beef
- mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon gochujang
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- scallions
- sesame seeds
Equipment
potknifecutting boardpantongsspoonbowlmeasuring spoon
Tips
- Boiling the cabbage leaves will make them super easy to roll.
- Make sure to cook the mushrooms separately to sweat out all the liquid.
- When chopping the mushrooms, go super small to flavor these up.