Bossam (Korean pork wrap). Bossam (보쌈) is a boiled pork dish. The meat is boiled in a flavorful brine until tender and served thinly sliced. At the table, each person wraps the meat in salted napa cabbage leaves along with radish salad (musaengchae/muchae) and salted shrimp.
Great as a one dish meal but also great for parties, you just can't stop eating it, especially if you are a pork and kimchi lover. Bossam - Korean Pork Belly Wrap Bossam is a popular Korean boiled pork dish. When it's infused with an apple and other spices, it becomes irresistibly delicious! You can have Bossam (Korean pork wrap) using 26 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Bossam (Korean pork wrap)
- Prepare 1000 g of Pork belly joint.
- You need 2 of Spring onion.
- You need 1 of Onion.
- Prepare 1/2 of Garlic bulb.
- It's 10 g of Ginger.
- It's 1200 ml of Water.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Soy sauce.
- You need 3 tbsp of Sake (Dry white wine).
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Miso (Japanese miso).
- It's 1 tsp of Instant coffee.
- Prepare of Mooli (Radish) Kimchi.
- It's 500-600 g of Mooli (Radish).
- You need 1/2 tbsp of Salt.
- It's 1 tbsp of Korean Chilli Powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Sugar.
- It's 2 tsp of Anchovy sauce (Fish sauce).
- It's 1/2 tbsp of Honey.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of Grated garlic.
- You need 1/8 tsp of Grated ginger.
- It's of Ssamjang.
- It's 2 tbsp of Gochujang.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Miso.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Sake (Dry white wine).
- It's 1 tbsp of Sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp of Sesame oil.
- It's 1 tsp of Vinegar.
Bossam —thin slices of velvety boiled pork belly wrapped in cabbage with fresh, crunchy kimchi and seasonings—can be eaten any time you're craving a flavorful, meaty feast. But in Korea, there's one time of year when we always, always eat bossam: at the beginning of winter, right after finishing our annual kimchi-making process. Bossam is a thick cut of pork belly that is slowly cooked in a flavored broth. By boiling it over a long period of time, the meat is defatted.
Bossam (Korean pork wrap) step by step
- Cut the mooli (radish) in matchstick size.
- Add 1/2 tbsp salt and mix well.
- Drain the water and leave it for 20 minutes.
- [ Kimchi paste ] Put grated garlic, grated ginger, Korean chilli powder, sugar, anchovy sauce (fish sauce) and honey in a food bag or small bowl..
- 20 minutes later, gently squeeze the mooli (radish) and mix it with the kimchi paste.
- Carefully mix the mooli and kimchi paste.
The oil and fat in the meat is melted into the broth, which we discard. And you're left with an ultra-tender piece of pork. Ssam means wrap and Bossam means wrap with lots of generous stuffing inside. Commonly, it serves with boiled meat: Suyuk. Suyuk is one of Korean cooking techniques of cooking meat. "Su" means water and "Yuk" means meat in Chinese.