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FlechavsGalbi

beef · Close equivalent

Both are short ribs cut across the bones. LA-style galbi is sliced thinner and marinated for fast tabletop grilling; flecha is cut thicker and only salted for the carne asada grill.

Translation takeaway

These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.

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Raw Flecha — Beef Plate cut
Flecha
Beef · Plate

Northern Mexico's grilling rib: beef short ribs sawn across the bones into wide slices, each carrying three or four flat cross-sections of rib, sold at carnicerías in Monterrey,…

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Raw Galbi — Beef Plate cut
Galbi
Beef · Plate

Korean cross-cut short ribs — sliced thin (5–10 millimetres) across three rib bones in a flanken-style cut, exposing visible cross-sections of the bones. Often called LA-style…

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Names by country

CountryFlechaGalbi
🇺🇸United StatesFlanken-style short ribsGalbi
🇬🇧United Kingdom—Galbi
🇫🇷France—Galbi
🇪🇸Spain—Galbi
🇦🇷Argentina—Galbi
🇲🇽MexicoFlechaGalbi
🇵🇹Portugal—Galbi
🇧🇷Brazil—Galbi
🇮🇹Italy—Galbi
🇩🇪Germany—Galbi

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