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Samgyeopsal (), samgyeopsal-gui (), or grilled pork belly is a type of gui (grilled dish) in .


Etymology
Directly translated from Korean, samgyeop-sal (삼겹살) means "three layer flesh", referring to striations of lean meat and fat in the that appear as three layers when cut.

It is the part of the abdomen under the loin from the 5th rib or 6th rib to the hind limb. In Korea, the word samgyeop-sal, meaning "pork belly", often refers to samgyeop-sal-gui (grilled pork belly), in the same way that the word , meaning "ribs", often refers to galbi-gui (grilled beef ribs). Gui refers to roasted, baked, or grilled dishes.

One can also find ogyeopsal (오겹살), with an o meaning "five" and "gyeop" meaning a layer. Ogyeop-sal includes the skin part of the pork belly, unlike samgyeop-sal where the skin is removed.


History
The first mention of the meat dish was in a The Dong-A Ilbo article published on November 3, 1984, titled "How to Distinguish Between Good and Bad Meat", where the dish is called segyeopsal () instead of samgyeopsal. The word samgyeopsal only became an entry for the Standard Korean Language Dictionary after 1994.

Until the 1980s, the main type of meat the Koreans preferred was beef, but pork and chicken meat were encouraged at a national policy level as a good alternative as most of the cattle were used for agriculture and thus beef supplies were deficient. In response to government policies, , especially , started to run pork farms. Samsung later shut down the farms due to backlash from farmers worried that Samsung was attempting real estate .

During the late 1980s to the 1990s, the dish became a popular menu item along with and sundae, as Samsung and Lotte entered the meat processing industry. The use of pork in traditional Korean cuisine such as or jeyuk-bokkeum focused on methods of hiding its smell with strong seasoning using spices such as ginger, garlic, and leek. After the smell problem was solved by scientific methods such as castration of pigs at the production level, the popularization of samgyeopsal became possible. In 1996, "daepae samgyeopsal", a samgyeopsal that is named because it is thinly cut like it was cut by a Plane (a tool to cut wood, called "daepae" in Korean), was invented. The culture after the 1998 financial crisis also popularized the dish as part of the South Korean office cuisine. During the 2000s, beoljip samgyeopsal, which was named as such because the way the meat is cut resembled a beehive (beoljip in Korean) appeared. From 2005, the culture of providing bigger portions of meat in (a traditional Korean unit that is equivalent to 600g) instead of 100 grams, and the popularization of Jeju Black pig meat influenced the samgyeopsal culture.


Preparation
Thick, fatty slices of , sometimes with the skin left on and sometimes scored on the diagonal, are grilled on a slanted metal griddle or a gridiron at the diners' table, inset with charcoal grills or convex gas burners. Usually, diners grill the meat themselves, flipping and cutting them with tongs and scissors, and eat directly from the grill.

The meat is usually neither marinated nor seasoned, although marinated samgyeopsal in flavors such as ginseng, wine, garlic, herbs, curry, doenjang, and gochujang has gained popularity since the late 2000s. Slices of garlic, onions, green chili peppers, mushrooms, and kimchi are often grilled alongside using the fat trickling from the pork belly.

Common accompaniments for samgyeopsal include vegetables such as , (perilla leaves), ssammu (pickled paper) and such as (made with seasoned mixture of and ) and gireum-jang (made with , salt, and black pepper), (soy sauce-pickled vegetables) such as -jangajji (pickled Siberian onion leaves) or yangpa-jangajji (pickled onions), , as well as sliced , , and seasoned shredded . Garlic, onions, and kimchi can be either grilled with the meat or consumed raw with the cooked meat. , such as or , are also grilled with the meat.


Consumption
Grilled meat is placed on fresh and/or pickled leaves of vegetables, with some , and rolled up to make (wrap) which is eaten in one mouthful. Any combination of accompaniments mentioned above can be added to the roll according to preference, most popularly sliced garlic.

, stews such as and , as well as (cold noodles), can be served as meals. Sometimes, leftover meat is mixed with rice, gim-garu (seaweed flakes), and seasonings to make (fried rice) at the end.

Samgyeopsal is often accompanied by, or accompanying (as anju) shots of . , a simple cocktail made by dumping a shot of soju into a glass of beer, is also a popular beverage consumed with samgyeopasal.


In culture
In South Korea, March 3 is "Samgyeopsal Day", due to samgyeopsal's three-layered composition. According to a 2006 survey by National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, 85% of South Korean adults stated that their favourite slice of pork is the pork belly.[1] 2006 ACK Survey

There is a myth in South Korea that eating samgyeopsal protects humans from air pollution by (). This is thought to have originated from the practice of Korean miners eating pork after an intensive mining operation. Contrary to the myth, samgyeopsal can rather help the absorption of chemicals in the particulates that are soluble in oil.


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