Instructions: Combine soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, sesame oil, sesame seeds, pear, garlic, onions, ginger root and pepper and chill 2 hours.

Add meat to marinade, cover and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.

Drain meat, discarding marinade. Place beef on bulgogi grill pan set over hot coals or on bulgogi grill pan for stove set over medium-high heat. Cook until meat is browned on both sides and cooked through, 3 to 10 minutes, depending on thickness of slices.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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