Yukhoe is the Korean version of steak tartare, consisting of thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and sugar. The concoction is then seasoned with salt and pepper. The dish is always served with a raw egg yolk on top, while thinly sliced Korean pear is an often-seen addition served on the side.
The name of the dish is derived from two words: yuk, meaning meat, and hoe, meaning sashimi. No one is yet sure about the origins of yukhoe, but some say it originated in China, while the others claim it was first served at the Korean Royal Court.
Korean Raw Beef Steak
Course: MainCuisine: KoreanDifficulty: Easy4
servings20
minutes10
minutes300
kcal30
minutesYukhoe is the Korean version of steak tartare, consisting of thinly sliced beef marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and sugar. The concoction is then seasoned with salt and pepper. The dish is always served with a raw egg yolk on top, while thinly sliced Korean pear is an often-seen addition served on the side.
Ingredients
Meat
Soy sauce
Cooking wine
Pepper
sugar
crushed garlic
Sesame oil
Asian Pear
Egg Yolk
Directions
- Put the meat on top of a sheet of kitchen towel and get rid of the blood for the first time.Slice the meat in the opposite direction of the grain. Julienne the meat into a bit thick pieces
- Raise the julienned meat on top of a sheet of paper towel to remove blood a second time
- Add soy sauce, cooking wine , Pepper , sugar, crushed garlic to blood removed meat and marinate by mixing with hands
- At the end, add a bit of sesame oil and mix well once more
- Chop off the pear peels with a knife and chop into the size of the meat
- Place the chopped pear on a plate and place the marinated meat on top
- Placing an egg yolk on top will make the texture of the meat a lot softer
- Although eating raw meat isn’t a normal thing, and might look weird
- It’s something that’s a very common dish in Korea. Only the fresh beef can be made into raw beef
- The meat marinated with a bit of soy sauce and the cool pear makes an amazing combination
- Eating it with the yolk makes it taste a lot softer, so if you’re okay with raw yolk, definitely try it
- Soft and chewy raw beef! It goes well with Korean liquor as well~