Garlic Soy Marinade

Name: Garlic Soy Marinade
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 ml) Soy Sauce; 1/2 cup (100 g) Sugar; 200 g Asian Pear; about ½ onion (75 g) Onion; 6 cloves Garlic; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Sesame Oil; 1 tsp black (2 g) Pepper; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Mirin

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Roy Choi recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Roy Choi.

MARINADE · SHORT RIBS, TACOS & RICE BOWLS

In the published recipe, this is the marinade for kalbi short ribs.

Choi's marinade for short ribs, tacos & rice bowls.

On the jar

KALBI

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Soy Sauce 240 mlSesame Oil 30 mlMirin 30 ml

Ingredients

Soy Sauce1 cup (240 ml)
Sugar1/2 cup (100 g)
Asian Pear200 g
Onionabout ½ onion (75 g)
Garlic6 cloves
Sesame Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Pepper1 tsp black (2 g)
Mirin2 Tbsp (30 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Korean-American L.A. Street-food chef behind Kogi BBQ trucks; James Beard Humanitarian / cookbook awards and Food & Wine Best New Chef. Chego and Best Friend among later kitchens.

Originally published as Kogi Kalbi Marinade.

Adapted from a Roy Choi recipe (L.A. Son / Roy Choi).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from L.A. Son / Roy Choi (published as “Kogi Kalbi Marinade”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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