Korean Short Ribs


 

Cliff Bartlett

R.I.P. 5/17/2021
I've been wanting to grill some Short Ribs for quite some time. I decided on a recipe that I saw on Malcom Reed's website. By the way, this is the same recipe that Mike posted on Monday. Mine were already marinating or I would have waited on my cook. It falls way short of Mike's spectacular post. Anyway, I decided on a couple of sides that I thought would go well with the Short Ribs. I found a Korean potato dish called Gamjajorim. It looked tasty and appealed to me. I also grilled some Bok Choy. Everything came out great and I was happy with the cook. I got half of my Korean Style Ribs at a local butcher. When I opened them a day later I decided it was not enough. The butcher shop was closed so I went to Safeway and got another pound. Here are a few pictures of my cook.

Here are the ribs ready to go in the marinade. They are seasoned with the rub and brown sugar. The ones on the left are from the butcher shop and the ones on the right are from Safeway.



The ribs are bagged in the marinade. I'm going to leave them in the marinade over night.



Tossed the baby Bok Choy in a marinade an hour or so before the cook.



Got the potatoes and some garlic going in my CI pan. Added some onion and some other spices after the potatoes softened.



Got the ribs on for a very quick cook, four minutes a side.



Potatoes nearly done.



Got the Bok Choy on for a very fast grill, flipping once.



Bok Choy done in about 4 minutes, flipping once. Had softened it earlier in the microwave.



Ribs are all done. Garnished with a little green onion.



Plated up and ready to eat!



This was a fun and easy cook. Very quick cook too. Potatoes took the longest, probably around 20 minutes. Everything came out good. Wanted to mention my wife and I gave a slight edge to the Safeway ribs. It was very close and might possibly be that they were trimmed much better and consequently looked better on the plate. Thanks for looking at my post.
 
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Looks delicious !
The sides look great !



Flanken-style ribs are one of my favorites.
I need to try this Korean marinade.

A tip or two on buying flanken-style ribs...
(I buy a lot of these)

I like them cut 3/16" to 1/4" thick...no more.
I want the "meat band" to be at least 1-3/4" wide and as lean as possible.
I almost never settle for what's in the case. I'll ask the butcher to show me "the good stuff".
He'll bring out some slabs he's cutting from....choose that wide meat band from the "large end".

For a hungry crowd, 1-1/2 lbs per person has been working well for me.

I've been getting some excellent stuff from Safeway and QFC.
QFC has been off the chain the last few trips.....awesome stuff !


Final and most important tip...
Bring your butcher a sample of your marinade.
I use a Northwest style and I'll bring him a 16 oz bottle occasionally.
Then you get to see the "really good stuff" !
 
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Dang Cliff, I could eat a couple of pounds of those ribs and the sides look amazing, careful, you within driving distance of me, I just might show up in your backyard one evening.
 

 

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