Grilled beef ribs covered in thick dark sauce on a plain plate.

Konro bakar

Indonesia · Southeast Asia

Short description
This grilled-rib dish is smoky, sticky, and rich, with a sauce that clings to the bones.
Ingredients
Beef ribs, shallots, garlic, coriander, cumin, black pepper, kluwak, tamarind, palm sugar, sweet soy sauce, chiles, and lime.
Cultural note
It is associated with rib specialists and soup houses, where grilled ribs are often linked to a related dark beef soup.
Common misconception
It is not simply barbecue ribs; the sauce and spice base connect it to a local rib-soup tradition.

image credit

Konro bakar.jpg

creator:
Sabjan Badio
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:
Cropped/resized and re-encoded for Gochizu; no substantive content edits.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.