Galbi - Korean BBQ Marinated Beef Short Ribs

Galbi - Korean BBQ Marinated Beef Short Ribs

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Mains
20 min
431 kcal / serving

Recipe video above. This is an excellent Korean barbecue marinade that will work with pork, chicken or even lamb. And while it's delicious cooked on the stove, a BBQ will better replicate the true Korean barbecue experience!Do not worry about overcooking the thin slices of beef. The marinade is magical, it keeps the thin slices of beef incredibly tender even if you cook it for over 10 minutes which would ordinarily turn the beef into inedible dry cardboard!

Ingredients

  • 1 kg2lb beef short ribs, butterflied korean style (pictured) ( or thinly sliced through the bone (note 1 for subs))
  • 1 tbspvegetable oil (, for cooking)
  • ⅓ cupsoy sauce ((all purpose or light soy, not dark or sweet))
  • ¼ cupbrown sugar
  • 2 tbspmirin ((note 2))
  • ¼ cuponion (, finely grated (including juice))
  • ¼ cupnashi pear (, finely grated including juice (sub normal pear or any red apple, note 3))
  • 2 tspgarlic (, finely grated)
  • 2 tspginger (, finely grated)
  • 2 tbspwater
  • 1 tbsptoasted sesame oil ((note 4))
  • 1 tspblack pepper
  • green onion, sesame seeds, coriander/cilantro leaves (, for garnish)
  • kimchi fried rice
  • smashed cucumbers

Directions

  1. 1

    Make Marinade: Whisk Marinade ingredients in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Marinade 24 hours: Place beef in a ziplock bag, glass or ceramic container. Pour over Marinade, mix well to coat. Cover and marinade for 24 hours.

Cooking:

  1. 1

    Remove beef from Marinade, discard Marinade.

  2. 2

    BBQ - Heat on high until smoking hot, then brush grills with vegetable oil. Lay beef on BBQ and cook for 2 minutes on one side until caramelised. Turn and cook the other side until caramelised. Remove, loosely cover with foil, cook remaining beef.

  3. 3

    Stove - Cut beef strips into pieces that will fit your skillet. Heat skillet with oil over high heat. Add beef and cook for 2 minutes until caramelised, then turn and cook the other side for 2 minutes.

Serving:

  1. 1

    Garnish beef with sesame seeds and green onions if desired. You don't need a sauce for this one - it is literally dripping with flavour! Pictured in post with Kimchi Fried Rice and Ginger Smashed Cucumbers.