Grilled Beef Galbi (Korean-Style Marinated 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	9%	11%
fat	2%	1%
aromatics	23%	9%
sweetener	4%	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.

200 g	1 medium onion (about 7 ounces; 200g), cut into 1-inch pieces
170 g	1 Asian pear (about 6 ounces; 170g), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (see note)
25 g	5 garlic cloves (25g)
14 g	1-inch piece (1/2 ounce; 14g) fresh ginger, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
255 g	1 cup (240ml) soy sauce
118 g	1/2 cup (120ml) water
50 g	1/4 cup (50g) packed brown sugar
	2 tablespoons (30ml) mirin
6 g	1 tablespoon (6g) freshly ground black pepper
80 g	4 scallions (80g), thinly sliced
27 g	2 tablespoons (30ml) toasted sesame oil
12 g	2 tablespoons (12g) toasted sesame seeds, lightly crushed
1361 g	3 pounds (1.4kg) flanken-style beef short ribs, about 1/2-inch-thick (see note)
	Ssamjang
	Lettuce and perilla leaves, steamed rice, thinly sliced garlic, chilies, and scallions, and assorted banchan

Method: 5 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Used this recipe last night, and the galbi turned out fantastic. I know others mentioned that they felt like this was the too salty; I used a low-sodium soy sauce since I have to be mindful of my sodium intake, and the flavor was perfect as far as we could tel” — a cook, 5★

“First, you are missing the gochugaru. Substitute hot sauce. Substitute any pear for the Asian pear.Second, the marinade for 24 hours with a salty (soy sauce) marinade will give you leather. Marinade for one hour. The salty marinade flavors the meat while it dr” — a cook