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| Slow Cooker Korean Barbecue Sauce with Pork, Chicken or Beef |
The other day, my husband and I were at Costco and we ate a sample of Korean BBQ pork jerky…it was so delicious! Don’t you just love the Costco samples? The only complaint I have is that those sample ladies sometimes aren’t quick enough getting the samples out! Especially went it’s like the dark chocolate covered acai berries or coconut cream chocolates 🙂 Maybe I should start working there and become the fastest sample distributor west of the Mississippi? Anyway, Greg told me, “you need to make something with that flavor in the crockpot!” So here I am reporting my results. I made a Korean BBQ sauce and cooked it with pork in the slow cooker. We liked the pork but if you don’t eat pork or want to try this with chicken or beef instead it would be awesome!
The sauce is only slightly sweet, which is how I like it–I don’t like sweet meat really. And it’s not too spicy at all! My kids ate it just fine. If you want more spice you can always add some sriracha or chili garlic sauce to your own individual portion.
Slow Cooker Korean BBQ Sauce
- Cook Time: 4-10 hours, depending on meat
- Total Time: 40 minute
- Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 lbs meat (pork roast, chicken thighs, beef chuck roast, or you could even do ground chicken or lean ground beef)
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 1/2 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Asian sesame oil
- 1 1/2 tsp chili garlic sauce or sriracha (found in the Asian aisle)
- 1/2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk together the soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, vinegar, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce, ginger and pepper.
- Place meat in the bottom of the slow cooker and top with the whisked sauce mixture.
- Cover and cook: Chicken: 4-6 hours on low; Pork: lean cuts (like sirloin) 4-6 hours on low, fattier cuts (like pork shoulder) 8-10 hours on low; Beef: chuck roast 6-10 hours on low, for ground beef 4-6 hours on low
- You can cut up the meat into bite size pieces or shred it or slice it…however you want to serve it.
Notes
Ideal slow cooker: 5-6 quart
I love slow cooker meals and this is what I am going to try.
Love this recipe!!! I've made it with pork and beef, and it's great both ways, but I think it really shines with pork. I also love the sauce so much that I've thickened it up with a corn starch slurry and served it on top of the cooked meat with white rice. Yum!!!!
Kristen, you've convinced me to put this on my menu for this week. I love the idea of using corn starch at the end.
What kind of pork did you use? I have pork loin, but I'm afraid it might be too dry. I love Korean flavors!
I think I used pork loin. But other cuts will work as well!
Thnaks for this recipe – just what I was after and in the slow cooker no less!
you're welcome! hope you like it 🙂
Great great great idea. I think I'll do this with chuck roast tomorrow!
Let me know how it turns out!
Karen, I am a huge fan of Korean food and this looks SO good- Who knew it could be done in a slow cooker!
I know right?!