Korean · Lunch or dinner

Beef Galbi

Name: Beef Galbi
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 280 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 3 lb flanken-cut beef short ribs, 1/4-inch cut across the bone; ½ cup soy sauce; 1 Asian pear, grated; 3 tbsp mirin; 2 tbsp soju; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 8 garlic cloves, minced; 1½ tbsp fresh ginger, grated; ½ medium yellow onion, grated into marinade; 4 scallions, sliced (1/2 in marinade, 1/2 garnish); 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, toasted

Soy-pear marinated flanken short ribs, grilled to char and scallion.

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Prep: 25 min
Cook: 15 min
Makes: 4 servings
Skill: Comfortable
Heat: Mild, adjustable

Contains soy Contains sesame

Maui says

Pear isn't optional - its enzymes break down rib connective tissue in a way sugar can't. Grate, don't blend (blending makes it too watery).

Ingredients

Everything below makes 4 servings.

3 lbflanken-cut beef short ribs1/4-inch cut across the bone
½ cupsoy sauce
1Asian peargrated
3 tbspmirin
2 tbspsoju
3 tbspbrown sugar
2 tbsptoasted sesame oil
8garlic clovesminced
1½ tbspfresh gingergrated
½ mediumyellow oniongrated into marinade
4scallionssliced (1/2 in marinade, 1/2 garnish)
1 tspblack pepper
1 tbsptoasted sesame seedstoasted

In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.

Nutrition

Per serving, as written.

1524calories
53gprotein
28gcarbs
131gfat

Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.

Instructions

Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.

Before you start

Rinse flanken ribs in cold water 10 min to draw out blood; pat dry.
Grate pear and onion and ginger. Mince garlic. Slice scallions.
Whisk soy and pear and mirin and soju and brown sugar and sesame oil and garlic and ginger and grated onion and half the scallions and pepper.

Marinate

Massage ribs into the marinade in a zip-top bag. Press out air, seal, refrigerate 4 hours minimum (overnight best). The pear enzymes need time to tenderize.

240 min · hands off

Heat grill

Heat grill or grill pan to HIGH (450-500F). Surface must be screaming hot for char and caramelization.

10 min · hands off

Grill

Shake excess marinade off ribs. Grill 3-4 min per side - you want deep char marks and caramelized edges. Don't overcook; flanken is thin and goes from juicy to leather fast.

7 min · hands on

Rest and plate

Rest ribs 3 min. Pile on a platter. Scatter remaining scallions and toasted sesame seeds. Serve with lettuce and ssamjang and rice and kimchi.

3 min · hands on

Make it yours

Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.

Instead of flanken-cut beef short ribs English-cut short ribs

Thicker cut - broil 5 min per side instead of grill. Adds about 15 minutes.

Instead of lettuce wraps and ssamjang and rice and kimchi Rice only

Skip lettuce and kimchi for a simpler plate.

Gluten free Tamari for soy sauce

What keeps

Marinated raw ribs freeze 1 month - pull the bag, thaw, grill. Cooked galbi reheats best under broiler 90 sec, not microwave.

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