Korean BBQ Beef Short Ribs (Galbi) & Veggies

A guaranteed chop-licker this one. The longer you marinade, the better it gets. For best results marinade overnight and use beef short-ribs. Serve with steamed rice, stir-fried bok-choy and cucumber salad.



















Ingredients (serves 4)

Marinade:

• 1 tbs soy-sauce
• 1 tbs honey
• 1 tbs sesame oil
• 4 cloves garlic crushed & chopped
  
• 3 spring-onions finely chopped
  
• 1/4 cup mirin rice-wine
• 1 tsp salt

• 2 lb beef short-ribs

Veggies:

• 2-3 bok-choy cabbages
• 1/2 inch fresh ginger
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 spring-onions
• oil for frying

• 1 cucumber
• fresh cilantro (coriander)
• soy-sauce
• sesame oil

• & steamed rice

Instructions

Marinade the beef
1. In a bowl mix the marinade ingredients.






































2. Mix the beef and marinade in a plastic bag and refrigerate. At least for a couple of hours, ideally overnight.












Cucumber salad
1. Can be prepared in advance. Slice the cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out the pips with a small spoon, then peel.

2. Chop the cucumber into small chunks and put into a bowl. Add chopped cilantro and a dash of soy-sauce and sesame oil. Cover and put into the fridge until ready to serve.











Stir-fried bok choy
1. Peel & slice the ginger, crush and chop the garlic and finely chop the spring-onions. Rinse and remove base from the boy-choy. If the leaves are fresh and small, you don't need to chop the boy-choy, just cook as-is.














2. The bok-choy only takes a couple of minutes to cook, so wait until the beef is done before cooking. Heat a wok, then add a dash of peanut oil (or olive oil if you want to be healthy...).

3. Wait until it smokes a little, then add the ginger, garlic and spring-onion. Cook for 10 seconds, then add the bok-choy. Stir-fry for a couple of minutes, then add a dash of soy-sauce and rice-wine. Cook for another 30 seconds, then serve.

Cook the beef and rice
1. Light-up the BBQ. Then start cooking the rice -- will take approx 12 minutes, so get it going while the BBQ lights up.

2. Drain the beef and start cooking.














3. Keep an eye on the beef, it will easily burn because of the honey in the marinade. Turn often. It will take about 3-4 minutes each side to cook the ribs.










4. Optional: keep a cast-iron pan on the BBQ to use for serving as well as cooking the beef if it starts to get too burned. Remove beef and garnish with freshly chopped cilantro.












Serve beef with veggies and rice.