Bibimbap Recipe

Aug 29, 2022by Tiffoodss

Have you seen those colorful rice bowls going around on social media recently? With the rise of Korean pop culture comes a surge in the popularity of Korean food. One Korean staple dish is known as bibimbap.

Bibimbap is a Korean mixed rice bowl packed full of flavors and colorful ingredients. The words “bibim” means mixed and “bap” means rice. The best way to eat bibimbap is to mix everything together well so you get each ingredient and flavor with every bite.This bowl usually encompasses rice, a protein of choice, and a variety of vegetables which makes for a hearty and comforting meal. It is served with a sunnyside egg on top of the bowl and usually topped with seaweed and kimchi. The star of the dish is the sauce which is made from gochujang paste. You can either make the bibimbap gochujang sauce at home or purchase this sauce at a store or online. Not only are these bowls aesthetically pleasing, but with the proper preparation, it is a fairly simple dish to make. This is a dish that will definitely have you coming back for seconds.

Bibimbap Recipe: Bowl of Rice With Vegetables

This recipe calls for white rice, canned tuna, spinach, bean sprouts, shitake mushroom, sauteed carrots, and fried egg. However, bibimbap is a dish that is completely customizable to your liking or dietary restrictions. The base usually starts with rice, but you can choose white rice, brown rice, or a healthier option such as cauliflower rice. This can be prepared as a vegan dish if it is made with only vegetables and protein such as tofu or tempeh. Or for meat lovers, you can even double up on protein like fish, seafood, beef, chicken, and pork. There are so many ways this dish can be enjoyed and is a great meal for gatherings.

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked rice

1 spicy tinned tuna

Bibimbap sauce

6 shiitake mushrooms thinly sliced

½ cup bean sprouts

2 cups spinach

½ carrot thinly sliced

Grated garlic

Sesame seeds

Sesame oil

Salt

Steps:

Cook rice
Prepare vegetable toppings
Remove stem from shiitake mushroom and thinly slice
Oil pan with sesame oil and saute mushrooms for 1-2 min until done
Season with pinch of salt and sesame seeds
Thinly slice carrot
Oil pan with sesame oil and saute carrots until cooked
Season with salt and sesame seeds
Blanch spinach in boiling hot water for 30 seconds
Transfer spinach to an ice bath and cool
Once its chilled, squeeze water out of the spinach
Cut into bite sized pieces
Place in a bowl and mix in dash of sesame oil, grated garlic (about 1 clove), salt, and sesame seeds
Blanch bean sprouts in boiling hot water for 30 seconds
Transfer bean sprouts to an ice bath and cool
Once its chilled, squeeze water out of the bean sprouts
Place in a bowl and mix in dash of sesame oil, grated garlic (about 1 clove), salt, and sesame seeds
Fry sunny side up egg