Kalbi

Kalbi is the most popular Korean dish in Japan.  It is marinated beef short ribs with Korean soy sauce.

This fatty-marble short rib is hard to find at the grocery stores around here, but I can find it at the Asian market.  Whenever I go there, I have to get this meat and pounds of pork belly meat.

Kalbi is Matto’s favorite dish in Korean cuisine, so I often make it at home.  In Japan, we pronounce it Kalbi, but in Korea it is pronounced Galbi.

Kalbi (for 4)

Beef short rib 2.5 lb

Cooking rice wine (Sake) 1.6 fl oz

Sugar 1.3 oz

Garlic cloves (chopped) 2 tablespoon

Ginger (chopped) 0.6 oz

2 Green onions (chopped)

Sesame oil 1 teaspoon

Sesame 2 tablespoon (optional)

1. Add all ingredients in a Ziploc bag and keep refrigerated over night  (original recipe says 10-20 min, but it is always better to marinate overnight

2. Put a small amount of oil in a cooking pan, and cook the meat

It tastes so good and smells great while cooking.  Your neighbors may get jealous by smelling this Kalbi.  This sauce also goes great with chicken, pork, other types of beef, and even seafood.