{"id":1099,"date":"2025-03-20T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/the-4-99-kroger-freezer-find-im-keeping-stocked-from-now-on\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:49:57","slug":"the-4-99-kroger-freezer-find-im-keeping-stocked-from-now-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/the-4-99-kroger-freezer-find-im-keeping-stocked-from-now-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The $4.99 Kroger Freezer Find I’m Keeping Stocked From Now On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For many years, I drove around with a license plate that declared my greatest allegiance in life. \u201cBULGOGI,\u201d it said, sharing my ardor for Korean barbecue beef with every passing motorist.\n<\/p>\n

As much as I love bulgogi, I\u2019ve rarely been impressed with products that are meant to replicate the smells and flavors of thinly sliced ribeye searing on my table. I use raw, marinated beef to cook Korean barbecue at home, but my tabletop grill is messy and smoky.\n<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I recently found a microwave solution. Kroger’s Private Selection Beef Bulgogi may not sound like it\u2019s the closest thing to a visit to my favorite Korean barbecue restaurant, but life is full of surprises. Some of them are just meatier than others. And while this 410-calorie bowl isn\u2019t stacked with the trencherman\u2019s helping I\u2019d have when dining out, it has plenty of beef for a healthy-ish lunch.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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Kroger Private Selection Beef Bulgogi With Rice<\/h3>\n
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  • Price: <\/strong>$4.99 for one serving<\/li>\n
  • Why I Love It: <\/strong>This beef bulgogi is surprisingly delicious, with sweet, gingery meat, tender vegetables, and a slightly sweet sauce. It’s a perfect lunch in a bowl.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Why I Love Kroger’s Private Selection Beef Bulgogi <\/span> <\/h2>\n

    The sweet, gingery meat, tenderized with pear pur\u00e9e, has a charred flavor that recalls what comes off a hot grill, but that\u2019s not the only reason I\u2019m a fan. The collection of tender, colorful vegetables that top the long-grain rice suggests another Korean dish\u2014bibimbap\u2014which features a sizzling rice bowl covered in carefully chopped and cooked veggies.\n<\/p>\n

    In the case of this bulgogi bowl, the vegetables are onion, zucchini, carrots, and red bell pepper. The varied collection of ingredients is flavored with a sweet, soy-based sauce with just a tickle of mild heat.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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    How I Prepare Kroger’s Private Selection Beef Bulgogi <\/span> <\/h2>\n

    Since it\u2019s a microwave meal, I follow the directions almost to the letter. That means heating it with its cover on for a few minutes before I remove it and stir. I\u2019m not the biggest fan of less-than-caramelized onions, so this is the step where I discard most of those. Another round in the microwave and I\u2019m done.\n<\/p>\n

    I crave a little more fire than the bowl includes by default, so I use a squeeze bottle of Assi hot pepper paste to amplify the sweet heat. One of my favorite things about Korean barbecue at a restaurant is the myriad pickles. I don\u2019t have that kind of selection, but I do like eating some kimchi or pickled radishes on the side with my meal to give it another flavor boost.\n<\/p>\n

    The bulgogi bowl isn\u2019t going to keep me from haunting Korean barbecue restaurants, but between trips, I can now satiate myself with something that scratches my itch more than any prepared meal has before.\n<\/p>\n

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    #Kroger #Freezer #Find #Keeping #Stocked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For many years, I drove around with a license plate that declared my greatest allegiance in life. \u201cBULGOGI,\u201d it said, sharing my ardor for Korean barbecue beef with every passing motorist. As much as I love bulgogi, I\u2019ve rarely been impressed with products that are meant to replicate the smells and flavors of thinly sliced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[87,52,217,508,218],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","tag-find","tag-freezer","tag-keeping","tag-kroger","tag-stocked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}