Jeok is a kind of Korean grilled meat

Meat

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 like kebab

Kebab

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 served with skewer

Skewer

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s. Koreans

Korean people

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 have created this dish since long ago. The first mention of jeok was listed on the ancient Chinese text

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. It was said that on the special occasions, Koreans will serve the Chinese nobility

Nobility

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 with jeok. Therefore, jeok developed into court cuisine dishes such as neobiani. Ordinary people also enjoyed it and create other grilled dishes without skewers such as bulgogi

Bulgogi

Bulgogi is a Korean dish that usually consists of marinated barbecued beef, although chicken or pork may also be used. It is listed at number 23 on World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll complied by CNN Go in 2011.-Etymology:...

 and galbi

Galbi

Galbi or kalbi generally refers to a variety of gui or grilled dishes in Korean cuisine that is made with marinated beef short ribs in a ganjang-based sauce . In the Korean language, galbi literally means "rib" and can often indicate uncooked ribs...

. Today, jeok is arranged on skewers with the variety of meats, vegetables, and mushrooms and usually served in the special occasions such as 60th birthday

Birthday

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 (hwangap) and wedding ceremonies. The varieties of jeok include sanjeok

Sanjeok

Sanjeok is a Korean traditional cuisine made by grilling sliced beef and vegetables with seasonings, or frying it on a griddle. Almost all jeok is dredged with flour before frying, but sanjeok is the exception...

 and nureumjijeok.