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Galbi – Korean BBQ Marinated Beef Short Ribs

Grilled galbi short ribs arranged on a tray with rice and cucumber sides.
A tray of grilled galbi with rice and cucumber sides.

Thin-cut beef short ribs soak up a sweet-savory marinade of soy, mirin, grated pear, onion, garlic, and ginger, then cook quickly on the grill or in a skillet.

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  • Total: 20 minutes
  • Servings: 4 servings

Recipe

Galbi – Korean BBQ Marinated Beef Short Ribs

Thin-cut beef short ribs soak up a sweet-savory marinade of soy, mirin, grated pear, onion, garlic, and ginger, then cook quickly on the grill or in a skillet.

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Prep
10 minutes
Cook
10 minutes
Total
20 minutes
Servings
4

Ingredients

4 servings

For 4 servings

Korean barbecue marinade

To serve (optional)

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • Whisk
  • Resealable bag or glass or ceramic container
  • Barbecue grill
  • Skillet
  • Aluminum foil

Instructions

Marinade

  1. Step 1: Whisk the marinade ingredients together in a bowl.

    Dark barbecue marinade being whisked in a bowl.
  2. Step 2: Place the beef in a resealable bag or a glass or ceramic container. Pour the marinade over the beef and mix well to coat. Cover and marinate for 24 hours.

    Beef short ribs coated in marinade inside a resealable bag.

Cooking

  1. Step 3: Remove the beef from the marinade and discard the marinade.

  2. Step 4: For the barbecue: Heat the barbecue on high until smoking hot, then brush the grills with vegetable oil. Lay the beef on the barbecue and cook for 2 minutes on one side, until caramelized. Turn and cook the other side until caramelized. Remove the beef and loosely cover it with foil while you cook the remaining beef.

    Marinated short ribs grilling over flames on a barbecue.
  3. Step 5: For the stovetop: Cut the beef strips into pieces that will fit your skillet. Heat the skillet with oil over high heat. Add the beef and cook for 2 minutes, until caramelized, then turn and cook the other side for 2 minutes.

Serving

  1. Step 6: If desired, garnish the beef with sesame seeds, green onions, and coriander or cilantro leaves. Serve without a sauce, with Kimchi Fried Rice and Smashed Cucumbers if you like.

Notes

Substitutions and storage

  • Use regular pear or a red apple in place of the nashi pear.

  • For the mirin, use Chinese cooking wine or cooking sake, or leave it out.

  • Boneless short ribs or thinly sliced beef oyster blade can replace the short ribs.

  • Marinated beef can be frozen and left to thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Cooked beef keeps for 4–5 days.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
431 kcal
Fat
22 g
Saturated fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
20 g
Sugar
16 g
Fiber
1 g
Protein
37 g
Sodium
1,269 mg
Cholesterol
108 mg

Estimated values; they will vary with the exact ingredients and brands you use.

About this recipe

Galbi pairs thin-cut beef short ribs with a sweet-savory marinade of soy sauce, mirin, grated pear, onion, garlic, and ginger. Grill the beef over high heat for caramelized edges, or cook it in a skillet.

A strip of caramelized beef lifted with tongs above a barbecue grill.
A strip of galbi lifted from the grill.
Soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, onion, pear, garlic, ginger, mirin, and pepper arranged for the marinade.
Ingredients for the Korean barbecue marinade.
A fork lifting a piece of grilled galbi from the plate.
A close-up of tender-looking grilled galbi.

Use Korean-style butterflied short ribs or thinly sliced ribs. Thinly sliced beef oyster blade is another option; Korean-style rib cuts and oyster blade are shown here.

A butterflied beef short rib rolled around its bone.
A rolled, butterflied Korean-style short rib.
A butterflied beef short rib unrolled into a long, thin piece.
A butterflied short rib unrolled for cooking.
A piece of raw beef oyster blade on a plate.
Beef oyster blade, an alternative cut for galbi.
Beef oyster blade being sliced thinly with a knife.
Thinly slicing beef oyster blade.

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