Galbi (Korean: 갈비), kalbi, galbi-gui (갈비구이), or grilled ribs is a type of gui in Korean cuisine. "Galbi" is the Korean word for "rib", and the dish is usually made with beef short ribs. When pork spare ribs or another meat is used instead, the dish is named accordingly. Galbi is served raw, then cooked on tabletop grills usually by the diners themselves. The dish may be marinated in a sweet and savory sauce usually containing soy sauce, garlic, and sugar. Both non-marinated and marinated galbi are often featured in Korean barbecue. This and many other dishes in Korean barbecue influenced Yakiniku as seen in the use of galbi.
Grilling yangnyeom-galbi (marinated short ribs) with bamboo leaves on a gridiron
LA galbi
Unmarinated saeng-galbi and marinated yangnyeom-galbi made of hanu (Korean native cattle) beef
In Korean cuisine, gui is a grilled dish. Gui most commonly has meat or fish as the primary ingredient, but may in some cases also have grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb gupda, which literally means "grill". At traditional restaurants, meats are cooked at the center of the table over a charcoal grill, surrounded by various banchan and individual rice bowls. The cooked meat is then cut into small pieces and wrapped with fresh lettuce leaves, with rice, thinly sliced garlic, ssamjang, and other seasonings. The suffix gui is often omitted in the names of meat-based gui such as galbi, originally named galbi gui.
Galbi, a variety of gui
Koreans enjoying grilled meat and alcohol in the 18th century
Godeungeo gui
Songi gui (송이구이), grilled matsutake in Korean cuisine