Korean Kalbi

A friend of mine is so darn clever and gave me good old 'home cooking' for Christmas. It's a traditional Korean beef dish called kalbi (see description from Wikipedia).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Galbi
Korean name
Hangul	갈비
Hanja	n/a
Revised Romanization	Galbi
McCune–Reischa	Kalbi

Galbi or kalbi generally refers to a variety of gui or grilled dishes in Korean cuisine that is made with marinated beef (or pork) short ribs in a ganjang-based sauce (Korean soy sauce).^[1] In the Korean language,galbi literally means "rib" and can often indicate uncooked ribs. In addition, the dish's full name is galbi gui, although "gui" (grilling) is commonly omitted to refer to it.

Galbi is generally made with beef ribs, and it may be called "sogalbi" (소갈비) or "soegalbi" (쇠갈비). Prefix"so" or "soe" (beef) is often omitted. It is also called bulgalbi when grilled over fire. As the literal meaning is "rib", the galbi dish can also be made with pork ribs or chicken. In such cases, the dish is called "dwaeji galbi"(돼지갈비) or "dak galbi" (닭갈비) to emphasize the main ingredient.^[1]

It is listed at number 44 on World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll complied by CNN Go in 2011.^[2

This was the wonderful dish that I served my family last Thursday evening. I put on a pot of white and brown rice, steamed some broccolini, put the kalbi on the grill and dinner was served in a matter of minutes.

Thanks for your brilliant gift idea Jean!