Did you know that Koreans prefer Non-marinated BBQ over Marinated? (and seems to be vice versa for non-Koreans)
Koreans like non-marinated ones better usually because you need to bbq with better quality meat for those kinds, even restaurants...so usually non-marinated beef are more expensive than anything else! Exception will be pork since pork...is cheaper...
Marinated ones may have more strong (and sweet)flavor, but they can go by without using good quality meat. Marinated BBQ include Jaeyookbokkeum (spicy pork), Galbi/Kalbi (marinated ribs), Bulgogi...etc.
Also when you get non-marinated ones, you'll be able to enjoy the real flavor of the fresh meat itself. Non-marinated ones include Samgyupsal (pork belly strips), Chadolbagi (very thin beef brisket), Seng Galbi (non-marinated ribs) and Seng Galbi is the most expensive of all.
It's your choice and if you decide to get mix of everything, start with non marinated ones and then BBQ marinated ones later.
Marinated ones tend to burn the grill faster and would require you to change the grill too often. Also because if you eat marinated ones first then you won't be able to enjoy the full flavor of the fresh meat due to sauce taste lingering in your mouth. So keep that in mind!
Kalbi Sauce on ebay:
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I’m so happy to find your website! Reading through the recipes makes me hungry! Can you post a recipe for mul naeng myun?
Hello Kerri,
Sorry for the late reply.
There are different kinds of mulnangmyun…do you want the kind you would get at restaurants after BBQ?
Young usually mix store bought sauce with some extra stuff to make it faster…
I’ll discuss with Young about which post…^^
Thanks for coming!