Smoked Flanken Ribs (Traeger Korean Kalbi Beef)

These easy smoked flanken ribs on the Traeger pellet grill are tender and tasty. One of the best ways to smoke Korean kalbi beef ribs for a crowd. Let’s smoke some food…

Why smoked flanken ribs are SO good…

• THEY MELT IN YOUR MOUTH!!
• It’s a super fast smoker recipe.
• Packed with smoke flavor.
• Includes a tasty honey soy marinade.
• Easy recipe for beginners. See the detailed video at the bottom of this page.
• Entertaining? This is a great smoked food recipe to serve a crowd.

Ingredients

Here’s what you need to make flanken ribs on the smoker. My recipe is similar to what you’d expect from smoked Korean Kalbi Beef short ribs, with some creative liberties taken along the way.

For marinated smoked Korean Short Ribs (AKA Flanken Ribs)

• 2.5 LB Korean Short Ribs (AKA Flanken Ribs – the kind cut across the bone)
• Soy sauce
• Honey (or use ​​brown sugar)
• Red wine vinegar
• Sesame oil (substitute olive oil)
• Lime juice
• Garlic
• Red pepper flakes
• Cilantro

For serving (optional)

• Roasted red pepper (the kind that comes marinated in jar)
• Cilantro
• Sesame seeds

How to make smoked flanken ribs

Here are the step by step instructions for making these tasty flanken ribs on the Traeger.

Quick recipe overview

1. Make the marinade.
2. Marinate flanken ribs before smoking for 2+ hours.
3. Preheat Traeger.
4. Add flanken short ribs to smoker grill grates.
5. Smoke flanken ribs a few minutes, flip and smoke another few minutes until completely tender (about 15 minutes total). 
6. Serve and enjoy.

Detailed instructions

1. Make the smoked Korean short ribs marinade. Combine and whisk all ingredients together in a large bowl. (If desired, remove ¼ cup of the marinade and set it aside so it doesn’t touch the raw meat) for serving the ribs. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Add short ribs, toss them to coat evenly, and marinade for ideally 2 hours, up to overnight, in the refrigerator.
2. When it’s time to smoke flanken ribs, preheat the Traeger smoker pellet grill to high 500℉ for 15 minutes with the lid closed.
3. Remove ribs from marinade and throw away the remaining marinade that touched the raw meat.
4. Once the pellet grill is heated to 500℉, Add the short ribs to the grill grates. Close the lid and smoke flanken ribs for 5 minutes. Flip and smoke for another 3 minutes-5 minutes. They should be completely tender. 
5. Serve with a sprinkle of diced red pepper, cilantro and sesame seeds.

See how to make a bed of sauteed onions and peppers to serve under my pellet grill / Traeger smoked ​​flanken ribs recipe.

See how to make smoked St Louis ribs…

FAQs

Also see this Traeger recipe for 3 2 1 smoked ribs recipe.

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Pro tip: One of my go-to tricks for perfectly cooked food every time is using the right BBQ meat thermometers.

For oven cooking ribs, see this beef back ribs recipe…

Are you a foodie, too?

Hey home chefs, hope that answers all your questions about smoking Korean style flanken ribs on the Traeger. My other favorite beef short ribs are cooked underwater. See this recipe for sous vide short ribs with my creamy peppercorn sauce.

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