Galbi

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Galbi

Korean name
Hangul:	갈비
Revised Romanization:	Galbi
McCune-Reischauer:	Kalbi

Galbi or kalbi is a Korean dish made from beef short ribs, though it can also be made with pork ribs. It can be seasoned or unseasoned, and in the seasoned variety, the ribs are marinated in a sauce made from fruit juice (generally Asian pear juice), rice wine, soy sauce, garlic, sesame seed oil and sugar. Most recipes contain these basic ingredients, although many variations exist, including clear marinades and spicier marinades.

When cooked on a griddle or grill, the meat is usually cut in thin slices across the bones. This permits the marinade to penetrate the meat faster, allows the meat to cook more quickly, and makes it easier to eat the finished dish with chopsticks. Pre-cut galbi is available from many butchers and meat markets in Korea and elsewhere.

Galbi is generally served in restaurants known as "galbi houses", and the meat is cooked right at customers' tables on grills set in the tables. It is typically served with lettuce, spinach, perilla, or other leafy vegetables used to wrap the meat, which is then dipped in ssamjang, a sauce made of fermented bean curd and red pepper paste. In Korea, galbi is also a popular picnic food, and many people have portable gas or charcoal stoves for cooking it outside.

Galbi literally means "rib" in Korean. There are many dishes that incorporate ribs, including soups and stews. Some restaurants serve "pork galbi," and chicken galbi is a popular specialty of the Chuncheon region.

Galbi jigae is a thick soup with many large pieces of kalbi, usually single bone cuts. May also contain red peppers, green peppers, kimchi, dengjang.