• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Start Here
    • 5 Reasons to Subscribe
    • Cookie Policy
    • Copyright
    • Disclaimer
    • Disclosure
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Contact
  • Cookbooks
    • Air Fryer Cookbook
    • Instant Pot Cookbook
  • HOLISTIC HEALTH
    • CONDITIONS
      • Allergy
      • Autoimmune
      • Cold and Flu
      • Dermatology
      • General Health
      • Gut Health
      • Mental Health
      • Musculoskeletal
    • Diet Style
      • GAPS
      • Gluten Free
      • Grain Free
      • Low Carb or Sugar Free
      • Omnivore
      • Paleo
    • Fitness
    • Healthy Eating
      • EWG’s Shopper’s Guide
      • GAPS Diet Approved Foods
      • GAPS Diet Foods To Avoid
  • Natural Living
    • General Remedies
    • Health and Beauty
    • Non-Toxic Cleaning
    • Non-Toxic Living
  • SHOP

Dr. Karen S. Lee logo

  • Gluten Free
  • Paleo
  • Asian Paleo
  • Low Carb or Keto
  • Instant Pot
  • Airfryer

Sign up for recipes, health tips, and special offers!

We respect your email privacy | Powered by AWeber Email Marketing

02/10/2011

Korean BBQ Beef Kalbi Recipe

This post contains affiliate links for products or services that pays this site small commissions if purchases were made through them at no additional cost to you. Read full disclosure here.

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Korean BBQ Beef Kalbi

Kalbi is literally “rib bone” when translated into English. The fatty cut around the ribs is perfect for grilling or braising and the meat always turns out tender. The cut of beef used is either a cross section cut (a.k.a. LA Kalbi) as shown in the picture or as long short rib for braising.

Korean BBQ Kalbi is everyone’s favorite. Even if you are a vegetarian, you can use this marinade for vegetables. The marinade is a simple delicate balance of saltiness and sweetness. Even though I eliminated added sugar, it usually calls for a certain amount of brown sugar. But I think fruit puree does its job.

The meat is marinated for a few hours and it is traditionally grilled over a charcoal brisket BBQ flame. But you can pan fry the meat over the high flame if a grill is not available.

The best way to eat Kalbi is in a lettuce leaf with miso paste called, doenjang on top and hot rice.
Kalbi

Korean BBQ Beef- Kalbi

 

Korean BBQ Beef Kalbi
Print Recipe
0 from 0 votes

Korean BBQ Beef Kalbi

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
10 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Entree
Cuisine: Korean
Servings: 4
Calories: 383kcal
Author: Dr. Karen Lee

Ingredients

  • 5 Cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 C Pureed Apple or Asian Pear Pre-made Apple sauce is fine too
  • 1 small Onion
  • 1/2 C Soy Sauce Tamari for gluten free or Coconut Amino for Paleo
  • 1/4 C Water
  • 1/4 C Chopped Scallions
  • 2 Tbsp Toasted Sesame Seeds
  • 1 tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 Tbsp Black pepper
  • 2 LB of Short Rib Beef cut across about 1/2 " thick or flank steak skirt steak, or London Broil
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Peel and core fruits and set aside. 
  • In a food processor, add garlic, onion and the fruits and pureé. 
  • In a large bowl, combine the garlic pureé, soy sauce, water, chopped scallions, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and black pepper. Mix well. 
  • Add the short ribs and coat them well and marinade for 1-2 hours or overnight.
  • Heat the BBQ grill until hot. Grill each ribs pieces until the outside is brown but not burnt. Serve with lettuce and doenjang - Korean miso paste.  

Marinade Times:

  • Beef: 1- 2 hours and baste while grilling. The best type of meat to make Kalbi with are sliced short ribs with a little bit of marbleized fat.
  • Chicken: 30 minutes
  • Vegetables: 15 minutes

Notes

The marinade can be used with about 2 lbs. of meat - chicken, short ribs, flank steak or London broil or any other cut of meat that is good for grilling or broiling. It can also be used with vegetables. 
While grilling on a BBQ grill is the best, you can also pan fry. If you pan fry, use about 1 tsp of oil to start. The oil from the beef will be plenty to cook the meat. You can use a little bit of olive oil when you cook vegetables.
Boil the leftover marinade after I marinade the meat. You cannot re-use the leftover marinade but you can bring it to boil and use it as an extra sauce. Refrigerate any unused marinade in a glass jar for up to a week.

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 1732mg | Potassium: 796mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1.6% | Vitamin C: 5.2% | Calcium: 8.5% | Iron: 29.8%

First Photo: Karen
Second Photo: joyosity

You May Also Like

How to Make Roasted Nori – GIM
Korean BBQ Beef Bulgogi
Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi (Oi-So-Bagi)
Cubed Korean Kalbi
Kalbi Jjim (Galbi Jjim)- Simmered Korean Short Rib...
  •  
    60
    Shares
  • 5
  • 55
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

I want recipes in my inbox!

We respect your email privacy | Powered by AWeber Email Marketing

Filed Under: Asian Paleo, Keto, Ketogenic, Korean, Low Carb or Sugar Free, Meat Dishes, Paleo, Paleo Recipes Tagged With: asianpaleo, flexitarian, kalbi, korean bbq beef recipe

Primary Sidebar

Follow Us!

Available NOW Everywhere!

Prime Rib Roast with Brussels Sprouts on a wooden board with Instant Pot in the background on the cover of KetoCooking with your Instant Pot cookbook

Paleo Cooking with your Air Fryer

MOST POPULAR

  1. 10 Things Know About Instant Pot®
  2. Front Loading Washer Maintenance
  3. Don’t Buy Instant Pot® Until You Read This
  4. Instant Pot® Chicken Wings
  5. Eggs Five Ways in Instant Pot®

Categories

Footer

About Dr. Karen

So glad you're here to learn about holistic health and try my recipes. Get to know me --> here…

Search our posts

Let's Connect!

@drkarenslee

INSTA FEED

Load More...Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2019 Dr. Karen S. Lee on the Brunch Pro Theme