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Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps – easy & delicious!

Updated 18 March 2022 Published 29 May 2019 14 Comments

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These Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps taste utterly delicious and will cost you a fraction of what they’d be in a Korean restaurant! If it’s not BBQ season you can also just use your grill for a healthy midweek meal!

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.

When the lovely people who make the Thermapen Professional asked if I’d like to create a BBQ recipe, I immediately thought of doing these easy Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Thermapen Professional digital thermometer also displayed.

I was inspired by a recent visit to a Korean BBQ restaurant where you cook your own marinated meat and king prawns in the centre of the table. Well truth be told, being first timers, hubby and I let the waitress cook the food as it was all new to us. I did actually say “I should have brought my Thermapen Professional” to hubby! Then I wouldn’t have had any doubts about when the food was ready. Maybe next time I’ll sneak it in.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Held up to camera in hand.

We’d never had lettuce wraps before but paired with the spicy meat and spring onion garnish they were incredibly delicious. So, wanting to recreate something similar at home, rather than using specialist Korean ingredients, I decided to use more readily available store cupboard ingredients.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.

Hence, I combined Sriracha hot chilli sauce with chilli flakes, powdered ginger, crushed garlic, soy sauce, honey and toasted sesame oil. If I can’t find an ingredient in the world food aisle of my local supermarket then I steer away from it.

The beauty of this recipe is that the marinade is so tasty that you don’t have to marinate in advance. You can just allow the pork to soak up the flavours while you prepare the lettuce and spring onion garnish! It’s so quick and easy.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.

Why should you use the Thermapen Professional digital thermometer for barbecuing?

What I love about the Thermapen Professional is that it takes all the guess work out of cooking meat on a BBQ or anywhere else. Therefor once your meat hits the right temperature, (71°C for pork) you can immediately stop cooking and have succulent results. Before the Thermapen we used to BBQ our meat for longer to be sure it was cooked which often resulted in it being dry and tough.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork on the BBQ being temperature probed with the Thermapen Professional.

Another great feature of the Thermapen Professional the auto rotating display that means you can take a temperature at any angle and with either hand. Hence the numbers will always be displayed the right way up for you!

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.

How can you cook Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps if you don’t have a BBQ or it rains?

Fret not, the pork will be fine grilled in the oven and temperature checked with Thermapen Professional. It just won’t have that added smoky BBQ flavour.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Thermapen Professional digital thermometer also displayed.

How do these Korean BBQ Pork Lettuce Wraps compare the Korean restaurant version?

I would say they are just as good or even better and I even cut up the meat with scissors just like we had to in the restaurant. The Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps I made were spicier with a fabulous chilli kick so I’ll definitely be making these again and again. If you’re having a BBQ this is probably not a dish that is going to please the younger members of the family but great to have in the mix of other BBQ meats and side dishes.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Held up to camera in hand.

What can you do with any leftover BBQ spicy pork strips?

If you’re anything like us, we usually over cater so that we can have the leftovers the following day. I made spicy pork salad sandwiches with extra sweet chilli sauce and a dash of soy sauce the following day. You could also make my tasty Simple Pork Fried Rice which uses leftover cooked pork.

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Thermapen Professional digital thermometer also displayed.

What other Asian inspired dishes can you cook on the BBQ?

I asked fellow food bloggers for their ideas and here is what they suggested along with one mine:

  • Baked & Barbecued Thai Chicken Thighs 
  • Korean Chicken Wings 
  • Korean BBQ Steak (Bulgogi)
  • Lamb Tikka 

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps - stripes of marinated pork on lettuce leaves, garnished with spring onion & served with sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce.

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Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps

Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps are super tasty and light. Packed with the flavours of chilli, ginger, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. Ingredients you’ll easily find in a supermarket.
Course dinner
Cuisine Korean
Prep Time 18 minutes minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
Total Time 38 minutes minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 600 g thin cut, pork loin steaks 6 in total
  • 1 English lettuce

For Marinade:

  • 4 ½ tbsp Sriracha hot chilli sauce
  • 2 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 ½ tbsp runny honey
  • 1 ½ tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • ¾ tsp ground ginger
  • 1 ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 English lettuce or similar

Garnish

  • 1 bunch spring onions washed
  • grinds of chilli & garlic
  • splash of toasted sesame oil
  • sesame seeds optional

Instructions

  • Light your BBQ.
  • Then mix all the marinade ingredients in bowl.
  • Immerse each pork loin chop into the mixture to coat until all 6 are in the bowl.
  • Cover with a plate and pop into the fridge to marinate (can be prepped a few hours in advance if you wish).
  • Meanwhile, wash and spin your lettuce leaves dry, (you’ll need about 10 – 12 depending on their sizthen place in a serving bowl and put in the fridge.
  • Rinse the spring onions and finely slice on the diagonal including as much green stem as you can then pop in a serving bowl with a splash of sesame oil and garnish with a grinding of chilli and garlic flakes.
  • Once the flames on you BBQ have died down add the marinated chops.
  • Allow to cook for around 10 minutes (or until they look cooked underneath, then turn over. Cooking time will depend on the heat of your BBQ.
  • Cook for another 8 – 10 minutes approximately and test temperature with the Thermapen Professional, the chops are ready when they reach a temperature of 71°C.
  • Cut the chops up into strips with a pair of kitchen scissors and put in a serving bowl.
  • Serve the bowls of pork, lettuce and spring onion along with sweet chilli dipping sauce, soy sauce and sesame seeds if using and allow your guests to assemble their wraps.
  • Alternatively assemble the lettuce wraps for your guests by adding the spicy pork strips, spring onion garnish, sauces and sesame seeds and present on a serving platter.
  • A rice salad would be a great accompaniment.

Video

Notes

You could also grill (broil) the pork loin chops which would be quicker.

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  1. EAT CHIMAC

    18/01/2021 at 3:17 pm

    Love Korean food, happy to find your recipes and information!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      18/01/2021 at 4:23 pm

      Me too, it’s all the rage in our house!

      Reply
  2. Sisley White

    03/07/2019 at 1:37 pm

    What a great bitesize treat. I love dishes like this, it makes food so much more fun.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      03/07/2019 at 4:00 pm

      Thanks Sisley, it really is a fun and delicious way to eat:-)

      Reply
  3. Nancy Perine

    13/06/2019 at 9:49 am

    Hi there! I had fun wandering around your website/blog. Your recipe for Korean BBQ Style Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps caught my eye. I actually had everything on hand, including the pork loin chops, so it was a natural for me to make for company coming over for a BBQ. The pork lettuce wraps turned out very yummy and were enjoyed by everyone. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be back to try some of your other recipes.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      13/06/2019 at 10:35 am

      Excellent Nancy, so glad you enjoyed them, we love them here too:-)

      Reply
  4. Choclette

    05/06/2019 at 10:37 am

    Those Korean flavours sound absolutely delicious. Love the idea of serving it as a lettuce wrap. And now you’ve got me thinking about summer parties.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      05/06/2019 at 10:39 am

      Thanks Choclette, they are perfect for summer as so light and tasty:-)

      Reply
  5. Jill's Mad About Macarons

    04/06/2019 at 6:07 pm

    Jings this looks so good! I can just imagine the flavour. Pinning definitely for later, Camilla. Scrumptious!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      05/06/2019 at 10:40 am

      Thank you Jill, you should definitely try them:-)

      Reply
  6. Michelle

    29/05/2019 at 10:22 pm

    Lovely photos! These pork wraps are just perfect on a hot summer’s day!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/05/2019 at 11:12 pm

      Aaw, thank you Michelle that means a lot coming from you:-)

      Reply
  7. Chloe Edges

    29/05/2019 at 9:03 pm

    Looks brilliant and I love that you use easily available ingredients. Much as I love the bean and chilli pastes, they ate much harder to find outside the capital. I also love that you used scissors, they were my favourite part of cooking in Korea!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/05/2019 at 9:11 pm

      Thank you so much Chloe. I wouldn’t know where to begin finding Korean ingredients and would probably not get through them fast enough. Yes scissors are a must for that authentic experience:-)

      Reply

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