꿀 갈비찜 (Honey Galbijjim)

Ingredients

2.5 lbs beef short ribs

8 small radishes

1 carrot, cut/shaped like chestnuts

10 chestnuts

10 ginkgo nuts, toasted with sesame oil

5 shiitake mushrooms, cut into big strips.

Mixture A:

1 small onion, quartered

1 apple, quartered

10 peppercorns

5 garlic cloves

5 dried whole red chilis

1 knob of ginger

Mixture B:

5 cups water

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup honey

Directions

1) Soak short ribs in cold water for 30 minutes.  

2) Cook the ribs in a large pot of boiling water for 3 minutes.

3) Remove the meat from the pot and clean the pot.

4) Wrap mixture A ingredients in a cheesecloth.  (I didn't have cheesecloth so I dumped everything into the pot.  Kinda got messy.)

4) Put the ribs back into the pot and add mixtures A & B.  

5) Cook over medium/high heat for 1.5 hours.

6) Add shiitake, ginkgo beans, chestnuts, carrots, and radishes to the pot.  Cook for another 15 minutes.