Kalbi – Korean Short Ribs – NIKIGO

Ingredients

• 2-½ lbs beef short ribs, sliced Korean-style for kalbi
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup NIKIGO Original Soy Free Sauce
• ¼ cup water
• 2 tbsp mirin (optional) (Japanese rice wine, or use sherry)
• Half an onion, roughly chopped
• Half an Asian Pear (or other pear or apple), roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 tbsp perilla oil (optional) (a sesame-like oil, unrelated to sesame)