How do you get that meatiness, plus the delicious umami, nutty and sweet flavours from the marinade? Using meaty trumpet mushrooms instead of ribs.
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Ingredients
Galbi BBQ Sauce
1 Asian pear, cored and cubed
5 cloves garlic
1 onion, coarsely chopped
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup sesame oil
Black pepper, to taste
Mushroom Short Ribs
2 large trumpet mushrooms
Galbi BBQ sauce
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 white onion (cut into 1/4-inch rings)
2 scallions (cut into 1.5-inch lengths)
Directions
Galbi BBQ Sauce
Combine Asian pear, onion, and garlic in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl and add soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, sesame oil, and black pepper.
Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for one hour before use.
Mushroom Short Ribs
Cut each mushroom lengthwise into four slices, about half an inch thick
Score each mushroom slice lengthwise (not all the way through), then repeat along the width to create hatch marks.
Brush both sides of the mushroom slices with BBQ sauce
Place the mushroom slices in the refrigerator for one hour before grilling
Preheat a grill pan. When it is hot, add a little olive oil
Add onions, moving them over the grill
Add the mushroom slices to the grill and cook them until they are slightly charred, basting them with BBQ sauce
Flip the mushroom slices
Add scallions toward the end until they are slightly charred