January 17, 2007
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Galbi
I went to LA this past weekend to visit my family. You can see some food pics from my trip here. We have a barbecue every time I visit, so my mom was making galbi. You can hear her explaining the galbi making process here…
Of course she doesn’t give me any exact measurements, but you don’t really need to be exact with galbi as long as you have enough marinade for your meat.
Ingredients:
5 pounds short ribs
1 cup soy sauce
sugar for coating meat
1/4 cup sesame oil
1 onion, blended
1/2 asian pear, blended
4 tb minced garlic
1 tb pepper
Directions:
Soak the beef in water for about an hour to get the blood out. Wash the meat. Dip each piece in sugar. Put onion and pear in blender and puree. Pour into a bowl and mix in all remaining ingredients. Coat each piece of galbi with the marinade. Allow it to marinate in the refrigerator overnight for at least 12 hours.
You can add some fresh ginger if you like, but my mom and I don’t really like ginger that much, so it’s not included in the recipe. You can even add some rice wine or wine, and a kiwi instead of the pear. Experiment with what you like best.
Galbi tastes best if you barbecue it, but it also turns out great if you bake it in the oven (400 degrees, around 10-12 min). Of course you can always fry it as well, but be sure not to use a nonstick pan. Happy eating!
Comments (47)
i like your mom’s satoori.
how cute >_< i remember ‘learning’ from my mum
i love the korenglish! reminds me of my halmoni <3 instead of a pear i use a half a can of coca cola too! my husband is mexican and LOVES this stuff. thanks for the recipe
korean bbq = galbi. you know what? now that i think about it, i don’t think i ever went to a korean bbq where there was steak instead of galbi. it’s like, when you hear a korean person saying “we’re having a bbq” you don’t think steak, beef, etc. you think “it’s galbi time!” lol i love it!
Sugar? Hmmm. never tried that. :s
Your voice is cute. Hahahha
galbi is soo good. i think i’ll try this. thanks for the recipe!
i never tried the sugar… the video feature is cool. u should use it when u cook!
thank you for posting this site!!!! question: if you bake it, what temp and for about how long?
mmmmmmmmm Galbi~
thanks!
galbi…it’s what’s for dinner…
awesome! thanks!
what’s the difference between dipping the meat in sugar, and just making the soy sauce-sugar marinade?
just so that it gets a good coating of sugar. it tenderizes the meat.
I know this is a stupid question… but what temperature in the oven, and how long? thank you
ahhh, every time I go to your site and scroll down the list of recipes, a) I get horrible cravings for Korean food and wish all those dishes were in front of me right now, b) I wish that I had the time to learn how to make the ones that I don’t know yet. the Korean groceries where I am now are small and sucky. I bought a package of galbi to marinate and the galbi turned out to be really fatty and bad quality. My marinated galbi has been sitting untouched in the freezer, sigh.
mmmmmmmmmMMMMM…my fav
Your voice sounds cute when you speak in Korean.
hooray! galbi! this is great because I never have anything *close* to the measurements. my mom just eyeballed it and I find myself doing the same. damn hard to tell someone how to cook it without measurements. Thanks!
i’m going to try this recipe! thanks!
i dont get it. why do you get the blood out. doesnt that make the beef more juicy?
THANK YOU!!!
Dez
hey, why can’t you use a non-stick pan when you fry it?
yayyyy i love this video! i’ve been using this site for most of my korean cooking, keep it up bee
you + your mom = quite cute.
i particularly like
mom: 2 or 3 days dwemyun, matubsuh
you: ara~
wow… i thought i had my galbi recipe set in stone, it’s a tried and true recipe for me — but your mom’s advice on putting in korean pears is a great one. that must make it so much softer. also, including regular ‘pa’ (scallion) makes it taste good too. thanks so much for putting this video up here!
That looks very good. I may try it.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you must not give away the pear secret recipe!!!!!!!!!
mom from pusan? masan?
ooo this is wonderful. thanks for sharing!
it’s very interesting how ur mom dips each piece in sugar? that’s a new one to me!…gotta try it out!
yummmm!! thanks for sharing!
cool recipe, simple is always best.
How do you like korean food in LA compared in NY?
just curious.
I love galbi but I didn’t know it needs to be dipped in sugar!
nice…sounds like i’m gonna have to have a party
lols..i like you just go hmm, hmmm to your mother
i will definately try this recipe. my friend and i try to get the recipe off of her mom but she doesnt tell us much.
yum!
can you substitute sake for rice wine?
thanks for the recipe!
Kalbi is my fave Korean dish! I usually use Kiwi, will Asian pear taste better or not much difference? Thanks for the recipe Bee!
I just made this for my hubby and he absolutely loved it! I think it was the best galbi I made. The onion and pear puree really kicks butt! We’re going to eat the rest of it tonight!
Interesting.
I use 1 to 1 ratios of sugar/soy sauce/Sesame oil.
Green onion
Garlic
Toasted Sesame seed & pepper.
Marinade for 1 to 12 hours depending on how much lead time I have. (Longer is better).
I’ve recently found that if you sear the meat on a hot BBQ then throw it in the oven
in an enclosed pan at 250 for a couple of hours the meat falls off the bone. Though
the aspect of instant gratification involved in Korean food is lacking.
cinnonmon sticks… it adds a different taste to it….
thanks for the video link. i never thought to use nashi pear for galbi. i’ll try it next time.
btw, your mom’s satoori is soooo cute. and i love how she speaks korean but then suddenly busts out english words. my mom totally does the same.
Seeing this video made me miss my mom! You talk to your umma just the way I talk to mine. I love her tip of dipping the galbi in sugar first. I never do that, but I’m going to try next time for sure. Thanks for the great recipe, and for sharing your family video. Your voice sounds so sweet in this clip, btw.
I made this two days ago. Wonderful
This is really great! I really love Korean food but don’t know enough about it to cook it. This is going to be a great source for me now with everything all written out. I can’t wait to try Galbi on the grill this summer. I introduced Fi to Korean food and he loves it because of all the meat and garlic. An asian pear? That’s interesting. I also introduced Korean food to alot of my friends too. They will really enjoy coming to our house this summer.
I also introduced spam masubi to Fi! He thought spam was disgusting until I made him this. Spam and Rice is a blessing. My family loves spam. It was the easiest thing to “cook” for dinner when my mom wasn’t home. My little brother and I would just wrap it and eat it like a taco.
I also lay california roll stuff on a platter and let my friends go at it. It’s so much easier. It all goes down to the same spot anyway.
Are there other foods you like to make? I like to try all kinds of things. I made polish stuffed cabbage last weekend. I also do alot of persian and indian food (due to my last boyfriend). Persian food is very yummy. Not like Ethiopian or Greek at all or indian.
I didn’t understand a single word that was said but it was quite a cute film.