Hello eaters!
Come pull up a plate and enjoy some Crock Pot Korean Short Rib tacos with me. Girls, these are so good! Where southwest meets the far east. Tender mildly spicy meat served with a cool Asian inspired cole slaw. My mouth is watering just thinking about how good this stuff is. I know you are going to want to mix this up so let’s get right to the recipe to give you time to get to the grocery store for the ingredients.
Let’s Get Cooking: Crock Pot Korean Short Rib Tacos (and that’s a mouthful)
Made these last night for the second time ever. Did them up a little differently from the first go-round. Actually followed (some of) the directions. And while PC liked them the first time, he really, really liked these flavorful tacos even better last night.
Here’s what you will need for this recipe. First for the tacos.
I wish now that I had used a larger rack of ribs because we barely had enough left over today for PC’s lunch. Note to self: buy more ribs.
And the ingredients I used for the slaw.
The Recipe
Not sure but think I came across this recipe for Korean short rib tacos on Pinterest. If not, it is there now. The recipe is from Tasty Kitchen, click here to pin it yourself. Although it calls for three pounds of meat, I only had two and we could easily have eaten more in leftovers for lunch. So be sure to buy a nice sized slab of ribs so you don’t wish for more when it’s too late.
For the Korean Short Rib Tacos
- 5 cloves garlic (used 1 tsp garlic powder)
- 1 1/2 whole inches of ginger, peeled (used 1 tsp ginger)
- a few stalks of green onion, chopped
- ¾ cups soy sauce
- 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons rice vinegar (used a 1/4 cup)
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil (used a little less)
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (a little less for PC’s sensitive tummy)
- I also used a little Asian spice
- 3 pounds beef short ribs (used pork!)
For the Slaw
- ½ whole hot house cucumber (used 1 cup shredded cabbage/cole slaw mix)
- ½ whole carrot (used 1/2 cup shredded carrot)
- 1 teaspoon cilantro, chopped
- 4 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar (used two packets of Stevia, 2 teaspoons)
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
- I added a splash of soy sauce
Directions
- In a mini food processor, blend garlic and ginger until minced. Or if you are food processor-less, use garlic powder and ground ginger!
- Mix in small bowl with soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes.
- Place short ribs in crock pot and pour sauce over ribs.
- Turn crock pot on low heat. Cover with a lid and cook for 6-8 hours. I cooked mine for 5 hours and 59 minutes.
- Remove meat from pot, discard bones. Allow to cool to the touch.
- Meanwhile, skim fat off the top of the sauce.
- Place in a sauce pan and simmer until thickened. I skipped the thickening business.
- If you chill the sauce for a bit in the freezer, it will be easier to skim the fat as it solidifies from the top.
- Once meat is cool to touch, pull apart with your fingers.
- Pour about 1/2 cup of the sauce back into the meat.
- Reheat if necessary.
- Serve the extra sauce on the side or discard.
For the Slaw
- Peel cucumber and chop into matchsticks. (used shredded cabbage/cole slaw mix instead)
- Peel carrot and shred (bought shredded carrot – call me lazy)
- Mix carrot and cucumber (or cabbage) and cilantro with rice vinegar, sugar, salt, sesame seeds and red pepper flakes (and a splash of soy)
- Can be made ahead and refrigerated
Have a look at the steps below.
Build a Taco (you thought I was going to say bear)
We used low-carb wheat tortillas for our tacos. I spooned a little bit of the meat onto a tortilla, sprinkled a little Weight Watchers grated cheese, a dribbled some pineapple salsa on top of the cheese. A dollop of sour cream or Greek yogurt would be delicious, too.
I served the tacos with edamame and that typical Asian side dish Tater Tots for PC.
Your Turn
Have you ever tried Asian-inspired tacos? Thinking I could sub in a pork loin or even a chuck roast for the ribs. But I don’t know my cuts of meat well. What do you think? Would love to know if you give this Korean short rib taco recipe a try.
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Hugs and kisses,
Deena Simair
This looks absolutely amazing- I would never think to make something like this.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Hope you will try the Korean tacos. I bet you and the fam will like it.
Whitney à la mode
Oh my gosh! This sounds so tasty! I love the idea of mixing culinary influences!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, I love the phrase culinary influences.
DANIELLE PARK
Oh my….that looks sooo delicious. I would totally try a pork loin. It’s cooked slow so it would probably just fall apart. I may just have to give this recipe a try. I wonder what it would taste like if you smoked the pork? Now I am craving Korean food especially Chicken and Beef Bulgogi. I am going to have to pester the hubby to go out for some authentic Korean very soon.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you! I think next time I will try a pork loin. Once I pulled the meat off the rib bones, there wasn’t a whole lot of it. Oooo, smoked pork would be delish, too!! Great idea. Hope you and the hubs have a date night for Korean in the near future.
Sarah @ Foxy's Domestic Side
This looks so yummy! I think I need to make this soon!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Easy and scrumptious. My crock pot is my bff.
Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
This looks delicious Leslie and so easy in the crockpot. Thanks for the recipe. Now that it is cooling down in Australia the crockpot will be taken out, dusted off and used for this. Have a great day!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Hope you try the Korean tacos. Might try making them with pork loin instead. I think I will do that next time. My crock pot gets used so much it doesn’t have a chance to get dusty. Thank you for coming by.
Mary
I love the flavor of Korean short ribs but I’ve never made them. Any recipe that I can create in a crock pot seems manageable. Maybe it’s time I get out of my comfort zone because these Tacos looks scrumptious.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Come on in, the water’s fine! Jump out of your comfy zone and try these Korean tacos. Easy and really flavorful. Thank you so much for stopping by and for commenting!!
curlycraftymom
This looks so good! One of my blogger friend always goes and gets Korean tacos. She is in NJ and I’ve never ever heard of them here in STL. Not sure if these are similar to how they taste or what, but this recipe looks too good not to try!
Carrie
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Leslie Roberts Clingan
The meat in these tacos tastes a little like Teriyaki. A little spicy, a little sweet. I love the slaw, too, for the crunch factor. Hope you will try this recipe. I think the kids will even like it.
Sheila @ Making the Most of Every Day
This sounds really tasty! I’ve never tried to make non-traditional tacos at home! These would be just the ticket!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
This recipe is truly good. PC gave it his Good Housekeeping stamp of approval. I think you would enjoy it.