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| Yoon barbecuing Korean kalbi for friends |
We have this nice gas barbecue that my parents gave us when they moved. It's their old one, but it's new for us. For several summers it's just been sitting on the side of our house with an empty propane tank below it. It gathered leaves and dirt and spiders and other critters. I wasn't even sure the thing worked.
We had planned to have a dinner party with a couple friends and the weather has been so nice, I wanted to barbecue kalbi, a Korean specialty. I've never cooked kalbi on the barbecue and I've never used a gas barbecue at any place I've ever lived.
Yet, I was determined today. I googled where to fill my propane tank and found that a U-Haul up the street had a refilling station. On the way to the station, I stopped by the Korean supermarket and picked up kalbi, Korean potato salad, chap chae (Korean noodle dish) and kimchi. What's a Korean dinner without kimchi? I also bought lettuce and garlic to make kalbi wraps.
When I got home, Yoon hooked up the grill to the propane and we crossed our fingers to see if it would actually start. It did and I was so excited. Not only were we going to have our very first gas barbecue meal at home, but we were cooking Korean food for friends. This was a real treat!
I'm happy that I didn't just decide to bake something instead. A little effort went a long way and we had a very memorable dinner with friends!
Do you like to barbecue in the summer for friends?
that looks delicious — i would love a recipe to make kalbi on my own bbq - can you share yours?
ReplyDeleteTo be quite honest, it was a last minute decision to have kalbi on the BBQ, so time was short. I bought kalbi ribs and pre-made kalbi sauce at our local Korean supermarket. I wanted to make the sauce from scratch, but didn't have time—next time :)!
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