Kalbi (Korean BBQ Beef Short Ribs)
March 19th, 2010 | Korean Recipes | 8 Comments
Everyone loves Korean BBQ, especially those juicy, tender, and flavorful kalbi or Korean BBQ beef short ribs. Today, Diana of Dianasaur Dishes is sharing her kalbi recipe with us. Diana lived in Korea as a young child, then lived in Hawaii for 15 years during which she traveled all over Asia including Malaysia and Singapore as a volunteer disaster relief worker. (Now that’s super amazing and impressive!) It’s no surprise that she has a huge passion for Asian cooking which she shares not only through Dianasaur Dishes, but also by teaching free cooking classes to low income families in her community of Auburn, Washington. I have personally tasted her kalbi recipe and it’s awesome! Please welcome Dianasaur Dishes to Rasa Malaysia.
When I lived in Korea as a small child, I loved getting Galbi from the food vendors on the sidewalk. There was something that felt so right about holding a piece of beef in my little hand and gnawing the meat off of tiny bones. When I moved to Hawaii, I was delighted that Galbi was still so abundant, only it was called Kalbi Ribs instead. All the little old Korean ladies at my church loved to bring the tasty ribs to potlucks, and they were at pretty much every holiday gathering I went to.
The key to a good marinade for kalbi ribs is a balance of flavors, both sweet and savory. Traditionally, honey or sugar was used for sweetening the marinade. But all the Korean women I knew agreed that the best ingredient to use now, is a citrus soda like 7-UP. They say that not only is it sweet, but it also tenderizes the meat…(get Diana’s kalbi/galbi recipe after the jump)
