Soya bokkeum (sausage and vegetable stir-fry)
Sliced sausages and peppers glazed in a sweet ketchup sauce, a Korean lunchbox banchan
The name joins 'sausage' and 'vegetables' (yachae), and soya bokkeum is a staple banchan in Korean children's lunchboxes and on cheap and cheerful dinner tables: scored sausages and colourful peppers stir-fried in a glossy ketchup and soy glaze. It is sweet, a little tangy and tastes as good cold as hot. Adults often add a spoonful of gochujang. It contains soya and wheat (soy sauce) and sesame; check your sausages for milk. Chef's tip: score the sausages diagonally; the cuts open up in the pan and catch the sauce.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- ½ onioncut into chunks
- ½ green peppercut into chunks
- ½ red peppercut into chunks
- ½ carrotthinly sliced
- 1 clove garliccrushed
For the sauce
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice syrup or sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds (optional)
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Score 9 oz frankfurters or Vienna sausages diagonally every 1 cm, cutting a third of the way in, then cut each into 2 or 3 pieces. Mix 3 tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1 tsp rice syrup or sugar and 2 tbsp water in a cup.
Step 2: Heat 1 tbsp neutral oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Stir-fry ½ carrot and ½ onion for 2 minutes, then add 1 clove garlic, ½ green pepper and ½ red pepper and cook 1 minute more.
3 minStep 3: Add the sausages and stir-fry for 3 minutes, until the scored cuts open and the sausages are browned and piping hot throughout.
3 minStep 4: Pour in the sauce and toss for 1–2 minutes until it is glossy and clings to everything. Don't add the sauce earlier: ketchup burns fast and turns bitter, which is the common mistake.
2 minStep 5: Scatter with 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds. If it is going in a lunchbox, let it cool completely first (no more than an hour at room temperature), close the box and pack it with an ice pack. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 11 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does soya bokkeum (sausage and vegetable stir-fry) take?
- About 15 minutes in total: 5 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of red pepper?
- Any colour of bell pepper, same amount.
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