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Korean barbecue kalbi with ssam jang sauce recipe
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Korean barbecue kalbi with ssam jang sauce recipe

19 ingredients 2 hr 20 min + 5 min 2 people openrecipes

This dish is always a serious crowd pleaser. It is best cooked on a charcoal grill but if you don’t have access to one, a grill pan works almost as well.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1236
Calories
43g
Protein
44g
Fat
170g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 19 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Asian Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Soy Bean not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Gochujang not in our table 0
Leaf not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 Korean short beef ribs, trimmed and cut thinly into ½cm thick slices
  • lbs pears (use a semi-hard sweet variety like conference or barlette) OR 1 Asian pear, peeled and grated
  • 2 cloves garlic, grated
  • 3 dark brown sugar
  • 3.5 tablespoons soy sauce
  • tbsp roasted sesame oil
  • 4 grated ginger
  • tbsp grinds of black pepper (adjust to taste)
  • 2.5 sea salt
  • tbsp spring onion or scallion, finely chopped
  • 2 clove garlic, grated
  • tsp Korean fermented soy bean pasta (dwengjang)
  • 8 roasted sesame seeds
  • 1 Korean chilli paste (gochujang)
  • pinch mirin
  • 1 roasted sesame oil
  • 1 bowl cooked medium-grain white rice
  • 4.5 green leaf lettuce leaves
  • tbsp sesame leaves (optional)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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