Kalbijeem 갈비찜

Ingredients
4 strips of kalbi, short ribs

1 cup soy sauce (i use low sodium)
2 tablespoons sesame oil, changkeelum
2 teaspoons of honey powder
2 teaspoon of minced garlic
2 tablespoons sugar (i use brown sugar)
dash of pepper
1 chopped scallion

Cut the kalbi strips in between the bones.  Then soak kalbi strips in water for about 30 minutes to drain out the blood. 

In the meantime, mix together marinade in a pot.  Pot should wide enough so most of the kalbi can fit on one layer and tall enough (about 3 inches available between kalbi and top of pot).

Start to coat each piece of kalbi in this marinade and arrange on the bottom of the pan

I leave mine in my fridge to marinate overnight. The marinade should cover most of the meat piece of the kalbi pieces.  After the marinade overnight... pull out your pot and add water so the level of it goes about one inch above the meat.

 

Start to cook it on high heat to get the water boiling. As soon as it starts to boil, bring it back down to low heat so it's just popping a couple bubbles here and there...  

I let it cook for about 3 hours on low heat.  Then after that I add in my vegetables.  Feel free to add whatever you want - I put in chopped potatoes, chopped mushrooms, sliced onions, sliced carrots. Cook it with the vegetables about 1-2 hours.  Then plate your kalbeejeem! I use a strainer to took the meat / vegetables out of the liquid (basically it's all the fat you just boiled out!). 

Dump out the rest of the liquid but try to pour it directly into the drain. Since it's fat, it's slimy and gets your sink gross.  I'd just rinse the pot with water, but then use a paper towel to dry it first to get the fat off.  If you use your regular sponge, it's basically add the fat to the soap and make you sponge have grease stains everywhere!  Then wash your pot after it's dried the regular way...

Back to the food!  Plate your food and enjoy!