Galbi - Korean BBQ Marinated Beef Short Ribs

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 170.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	3%	11%
fat	3%	1%
aromatics	5%	9%
sweetener	6%	0%
collagen idx	0.9	0.9
marbling idx	0.9	0.9

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

907 g	1 kg/ 2lb beef short ribs, butterflied Korean style (pictured) ( or thinly sliced through the bone (Note 1 for subs))
14 g	1 tbsp vegetable oil (, for cooking)
85 g	1/3 cup soy sauce ((all purpose or light soy, not dark or sweet))
53 g	1/4 cup brown sugar
	2 tbsp mirin ((Note 2))
40 g	1/4 cup onion (, finely grated (including juice))
	1/4 cup nashi pear (, finely grated including juice (sub normal pear or any red apple, Note 3))
6 g	2 tsp garlic (, finely grated)
4 g	2 tsp ginger (, finely grated)
30 g	2 tbsp water
14 g	1 tbsp toasted sesame oil ((Note 4))
2 g	1 tsp black pepper
	Green onion, sesame seeds, coriander/cilantro leaves (, for garnish)
	Kimchi Fried Rice
	Smashed Cucumbers

Method: 6 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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