Nov
The Steps For Cooking Good Kalbi
Many Korean style barbeques are ordered in Korean restaurants. Galbi is the most popular among them.
Kalbi, or galbi, is one of many kinds of “gui”, or grilled dishes, in Korean cuisine that are made with meat, marinated in soy sauce. In the Korean language, galbi literally means “rib” and can often indicate uncooked ribs. In addition, the dish’s full name is galbi gui, but it’s understood even without the word “gui”.
They are usually served with lettuce and a spicy dipping sauce called ssamjang. A spoonful of rice, a piece of galbi, and a dollop of ssamjang wrapped up in lettuce is a divine mouthful of some of the best flavors in Korean cooking. Galbi is not only a restaraunt food, but is popular in picnics, too!
Recipe Ingredients
- 16 ribs
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 Asian pear, chopped (or ½ Korean pear)
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp ground pepper
- 1 tbsp juice of ginger
Cooking Directions
- Carefully wash the meat. Soak in water for 1 hour, then drain.
- In a food processor add chopped onion and pear and purée finely.
- Pour out to a large bowl, add remaining ingredients and stir.
- Marinate beef for 8-10 hours or overnight for optimal taste.
- They cook relatively quickly, 2-3 minutes on one side.
- Traditionally, Kalbi is grilled with a wood charcoal, but certainly you can grill on a gas stove or outdoor grill.
You shouldn’t have any problem finding any of the above ingredients in your grocery store, but a Korean market might have more interesting ingredients and other Kalbi recipes.
The following video is another recipe for Kalbi. I have difficulties with the narrator’s accent, but the subtitles are very clear and the recipe is easy to follow and looks pretty yummy.
