BBQ · Medium · 1.5 hr
Tteok Galbi — Minced Short Rib Patties
By Bulgogi Curator
Royal tteok galbi: short rib minced with pear and grilled as patties — sweet, beefy, and kid-friendly.
TL;DR
Royal tteok galbi: short rib minced with pear and grilled as patties — sweet, beefy, and kid-friendly.
Prep 20 min + 1 hrCook 10 minServes 4 (8 patties)
Ingredients
- 800g short rib meat, minced or ground
- 1 Asian pear grated, 1/2 onion grated
- 3 Tbsp soy, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 Tbsp mirin, 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 garlic, 1 tsp ginger, 1 egg, 2 Tbsp panko
Steps
- Mix meat, pear, onion, soy, sugar, mirin, garlic, ginger 1 hr.
- Add egg and panko, form oval patties 1/2-inch thick.
- Grill or pan-fry 4 min per side until caramelized.
- Serve with pickled radish; not with lettuce wraps — eat with fork.
Tips
- Grind twice for tender bite; hand-chopped is royal texture.
What you'll need
Pantry searches on Amazon — we do not invent prices or pick a single “best” brand.
- Garae-tteok (cylinder rice cakes)Cylinder rice cakes for tteokbokki and tteokguk. Check rice vs wheat on the label.
- Toasted sesame oilFinish japchae, gimbap, and tteokbokki off the heat.
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More Korean food
Relevant pages on the two hub sites — recipes and a BBQ directory on bulgogi.ai, street rice cakes on tteokbokki.ai.
- tteokbokki.ai — street rice cakes →School-cart sauce, rose, mala, and tteok types.
- White kimchi for the grill table →A no-chili napa that cuts fat better than more gochujang.