HOW TO GRILL FLANKEN SHORT RIBS

Preheat your grill to 400 degrees F.

Once the grill is hot, place the flanken short ribs onto the grates and let grill on each side for 3 minutes OR until they begin to caramelize and form char marks.

Once they have formed char marks, flip them over and grill the other side, being careful not to overcook. These are such thin pieces of meat you can cook them quickly – if using a meat thermometer the meat will be a perfect medium once you hit 135 internal degrees.

HOW TO COOK FLANKEN SHORT RIBS IN A CAST IRON SKILLET

If you don’t have a grill, flanken short ribs are also amazing cooked in cast iron. They can also be cooked in the oven, however I believe in a pan is best to achieve the caramelization you want on the meat.

Get your cast iron pan nice and hot, add a touch of butter or your preferred cooking fat and cook the flanken short ribs on one side until you have achieved some browning and caramelization. Flip over and continue cooking on the other side until both sides have achieved caramelization. As a general rule, I don’t like to overcook my proteins so I like to get the pan nice and hot so I get a nice char and caramelization on the outside quickly on both sides and then pull the meat off. As a reminder, if you test the meat with a meat thermometer medium is 135 degrees farenheit and this meat is very thin and it will be to temp very quickly!

After you have pulled the meat off, finish with a generous drizzle of Bachan’s Japanese BBQ Sauce!

Then, as the grand finale (this part is optional but adds nice color) garnish the flanken ribs with finely chopped scallions and sesame seeds. Prepare to fall in love with Flanken short ribs because they are delicious and culmination in tender, juicy meat paired with Asian flavors from Sunshine state of mind and Japanese BBQ sauce is simply addictive and irresistible!!