Wind down your day with this nourishing korean Korean spicy stir-fried pork (Jeyukbokkeum:제육볶음). A well-balanced dinner is essential for women managing PCOS, as it supports overnight hormone regulation and helps prepare the body for restful sleep. This recipe combines wholesome ingredients that support both satiety and metabolic health.
This recipe pairs well with a side of leafy greens or a simple mixed salad to add extra fiber and micronutrients to your dinner.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/doejibulgogi
Korean style spicy stir-fried pork. It's called doejibulgogi, doejigogi bokkeum, or jeyukbokkeum. The recipe is very easy and fast.
Song: Jaurim's "I'm my fan" (팬이야)
Ingredients (for 4 servings):
600 grams(1 ½ pound) of pork belly (or pork shoulder), hot pepper paste, onion, garlic, ginger, green onions, green chili pepper, hot pepper paste, hot pepper flakes, natural brown sugar, soy sauce, black ground pepper, sesame oil, roasted sesame seeds, and lettuce.
Directions:
1. In a thick bottomed wok or pan, add these ingredients:
o 1½ pounds (600 grams) of pork belly of bite size pieces about ¼ inch thick
o 1 sliced medium onion, 3 chopped green onions
o 4 cloves of minced garlic, ½ ts minced ginger
o 1 chopped green chili pepper (optional)
o 1/3 cup hot pepper paste
o 2 tbs hot pepper flakes
o 2 tbs natural brown sugar
o 1 tbs soy sauce
o ½ ts black ground pepper
o 2 ts of sesame oil
2. Heat up the pan over high heat.
3. Mix and stir all ingredients with a wooden spoon, until the pork is cooked thoroughly. It'll take about 10 minutes and the onion will look translucent and mushy when it's done
4. Transfer it to a serving plate and serve with a bowl of rice, some lettuce, a few more side dishes (if you want), some soup, and kimchi.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Sesame Seeds, Kimchi.
Sesame seeds help with progesterone balance. Lignans found in in sesame seeds help to prevent excess estrogen production. Besides beneficial bacteria, kimchi is also a great source of beta-carotene, calcium, iron and vitamins A, C, B1 and B2. Kimchi and is full of probiotics which balance our pH level and ward off yeast infections and UTIs.
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