Bibimbap

Bibimbap

Bibimbap (Korean pronunciation: [pibimbap] sometimes anglicized bi bim bap or bi bim bop) is a signature Korean dish. The word literally means "mixed rice". Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang, a salty soybean paste. A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The hot dish is stirred together thoroughly just before eating.

Ingredients:

Cooked rice

a package of bean sprouts

a bunch of spinach

2 small size of zucchinis

5-7 Shiitake mushrooms

fernbrake (kosari)

200 grams of ground beef (about half a pound)

1 small carrot, eggs

soy sauce, hot pepper paste, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and vegetable oil

Method:

1.   Cook rice. You can use a rice cooker or a stainless pot.

2.   Next, you need to prepare a large platter to put all your ingredients on. Rinse your  bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a pot with a cup of water. Add 1 ts of salt and cook for 20 minutes. Drain water and mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt.Put it on the platter.

3.   Put your spinach in a pot of boiling water and stir it for a minute. Then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

4.   Cut 2 small size zucchinis into thin strips, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt, and then mix them together. A few minutes later, sauté them in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent. Put it on the platter.

5.   You can buy soaked and cooked “kosari” at a Korean grocery store. Prepare about 2 or 3 cups of kosari for this 4 servings of bibimbap. Cut it into pieces 5-7 cm long and sauté in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir and add 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2 tbs of sugar, and cook them for 1-2 minutes. Add sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

6.   Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil, and put it on the platter.

7.   On a heated pan, put some oil and 200 grams of ground beef and stir it. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2  tbs of sugar, a little grounded black pepper, and sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

8.   Cut a carrot into strips, sauté it for 30 seconds and put it on the platter.

9.   prepare eggs with sunny side up.

10.  Put your rice In a big bowl, and attractively display all your vegetables and meat, Place the sunny side up egg on the center.

11.  Serve it with sesame oil and hot pepper paste.

12.  Lastly, mix it up and eat.

Yangnyeomjang sauce:

Chop 4 green onions and put them in a small bowl. Pour half cup of soy sauce in there, and add 1 tbs of sesame seeds, 2 ts of sugar, 1 tbs of sesame oil and mix it up.

Egg soup:

1.   Put a can of chicken broth in a pot, as well as 2 cans of water using the can from the chicken broth. Boil it.

2.   Beat 2 eggs with a fork and pour it into the boiling stock while stirring slowly. Put some salt in it if you want.

3.   Chop 2 green onions

4.   Serve your soup in a small bowl and sprinkle some chopped green onion over the top.