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Korean BBQ ribs are not cooked like traditional BBQ ribs. First, it’s short ribs (ask your butcher to cut the rib Korean BBQ style if he knows that or if he doesn’t know the cut looks like this: http://www.grasslandbeef.com/catalog/… It’s the best if the butcher can slice the meat into about 1/4 inch slices (or you can do that at home)–should produce long thin strip.
Sauce - Make up to 2 days before needed
Bring the following to boil and simmer for 10 minutes to blend the flavor then sieve and cool the liquid.
4 cups of water
1/2 cup of soy sauce (not light)
1 green onion (coarsely chopped)
1/2 medium yellow onion (coarsely chopped)
3 garlic cloves (crushed and peeled)
1 tablespoon sugar
about a thumb size ginger root (peeled and coarsely chopped)
a pinch of ground pepper
Marinade – The night before or right before you go camping (for about 6-12 hour marinade)
Mix (adjust the portions for the amount of meat you’re marinating)
4 Tablespoons of the cooled sauce you made above
4-5 Tablespoons of Pear Puree (use cheese grater) (about 1 pear)
2-3 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon of Yellow Onion Puree (again, use grater)
1 Tablespoon of Mirin or Sake (Mirin will make slightly sweeter sauce)
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
a pinch of ground black pepper
NOTE: if you want really tender meat, use a 1/2 teaspoon of kiwi puree…some people like it really tender. But if you’re not going to eat the meat for a while, I suggest not using the kiwi cause it’ll break the meat down too much.
Salad
Julienned green onions
Julienned sweet onions
4 Tablespoons of the boiled-then-chilled sauce
Whisk in little bit of sesame oil to the sauce
Gently toss salad
Garnish
Thinly sliced or julienned jicama or daikon
Wrap
You’ll need a head or two of Boston Lettuce to use for the wrap.
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Cook the meat on direct fire until cooked through (the rib has a lot of marbled fat so it won’t dry out), arrange as follows after you cook the meat:
Put the Boston lettuce on the bottom
Cut the BBQ meat into bite-size pieces and place on the lettuce
Put the salad mixture on top of the meat
Put the jicama/daikon garnish on top
If desired, top with some of the extra sauce
Eat and be happy!
