Have you ever heard of bibimbap? It's a typical Korean dish, basically made with rice, vegetables, meat, and egg. It's very simple to make; the big secret lies in the preparation of the ingredients and the quantities, which vary according to your taste. So, check out the bibimbap recipes below to try this Asian dish.
1. Bibimbap with national ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups of oriental rice
- 1 bunch of spinach
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 zucchini
- 300g of beef tenderloin cut into strips
- 4 eggs
Ingredients for seasoning spinach
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon of vinegar
- 1/2 clove of crushed garlic
- Toasted sesame seeds to taste
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for marinating meat
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon of toasted sesame seeds
Preparation method
- In a saucepan, place the rice, twice the amount of water, and cook;
- Wash the spinach, put it in boiling water, cover the pan and let it cook for 2 minutes;
- After this time, transfer the spinach to cold water, remove all excess water by squeezing well, and cut into small pieces;
- Place the spinach pieces in a bowl, add the ingredients from the spice list, mix well, and set aside.
- Cut the bell pepper, zucchini, carrot, and onion into strips and set aside;
- Cut the meat into strips, place in a bowl, add the marinade ingredients, mix, and set aside.
- In a frying pan, add a drizzle of olive oil and sauté the bell pepper, carrot, zucchini, onion, and meat separately;
- Next, in the frying pan, place the eggs to fry, leaving the yolk runny;
- To assemble, take a deep bowl and start by placing the rice, spinach, meat, onion, carrot, zucchini, bell pepper, and finally, the egg on top.
2. Bibimbap with raw egg
Ingredients
- 50g of oriental rice
- 50 g of zucchini
- 50 g of spinach
- 30 g of fern sprouts
- 50 g of soybean sprouts
- 30 g of ground meat
- 50 g of carrot
- 50 g of mushrooms
- 30 g of bellflower root
- 50 g of shitake
- 1 egg yolk
- Nori seaweed
- Black pepper
- Toasted sesame oil
- Soybean oil
Ingredients for the sauce
- 2 tablespoons of Korean chili paste
- 1 clove of minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon of chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon of minced beef
- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon of toasted sesame oil
Preparation method
- Start by washing the rice, let it soak for about 30 minutes, then drain and cook it in a pot with water;
- In a frying pan, heat soybean oil and sauté the zucchini cut into strips, seasoning with salt;
- In a saucepan, place the spinach in boiling water, then transfer it to cold water, drain the water, and season with salt and toasted sesame oil;
- Also in boiling water, cook the fern sprout, then rinse in cold water, drain, and sauté in a frying pan with a drizzle of soybean oil and salt;
- In boiling water, immerse the soybean sprouts, rinse in cold water, drain, and season with salt and toasted sesame oil;
- In a saucepan, cook the ground beef seasoned with salt and black pepper;
- Cut the carrot into strips and, in a frying pan, sauté with a drizzle of soybean oil and salt;
- Wash the mushrooms, cut them into strips and sauté them with salt, then repeat this process with the bellflower root and the shiitake mushrooms;
- For the sauce, in a frying pan, sauté the garlic, onion and meat, adding the chili paste, sugar, toasted sesame oil and a pinch of salt;
- To assemble, grease the bibimbap stone pot with toasted sesame oil and add the rice, mushrooms, meat, and vegetables;
- Finally, place the pan over the heat and finish by topping it with the soft-boiled egg yolk and seaweed.
3. Bibimbap with fried egg
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Ingredients
- 1 cup of Japanese rice
- 1 carrot
- 1 bunch of spinach
- 1 zucchini
- 50 g of bean sprouts
- 1 bunch of lettuce
- 50 g of shimeji
- Sesame oil
- Ground beef to taste
- Chili paste to taste
- Dried seaweed to taste
- 1 egg
Preparation method
- Start by washing the rice and then cook it in a pressure cooker with a cup of water for up to 5 minutes after it reaches pressure;
- Blanch the spinach in boiling water, then after 10 seconds, transfer to cold water, drain, and chop.
- Quickly place the bean sprouts in boiling water, add salt, and then drain the water.
- Cut the carrot, zucchini, lettuce, and shimeji mushrooms into strips and set aside;
- Season the spinach with salt and crushed garlic;
- In a frying pan, add sesame oil and sauté the carrot, zucchini, shimeji mushrooms, and meat separately;
- Fry an egg;
- In a deep bowl, assemble the rice, spinach, vegetables, sprouts, mushrooms, meat, egg, and seaweed, and finish with sesame oil and chili paste.
4. Vegetarian Bibimbap
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Japanese rice
- Garlic
- Zucchini
- Carrot
- Mushrooms
- Oil
- Salt
- Bean sprouts
- 1 egg
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Toasted sesame oil
- Gochujang (Korean chili paste)
Preparation method
- Start by washing the rice and cooking it in water;
- In a frying pan, heat sesame oil and sauté the mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini, cut into strips, separately with garlic;
- In boiling water, quickly blanch the bean sprouts and season with salt;
- Next, fry the egg in olive oil, leaving the yolk runny;
- In a deep bowl, add the rice, mushrooms, vegetables, sprouts, and the egg on top;
- Finally, add toasted sesame seeds and chili paste.
5. Summer Bibimbap
Ingredients
- 1/4 of a bell pepper
- 30 g of zucchini
- 30 g of cucumber
- 30 g of red cabbage
- 30 g of beetroot
- 30 g of carrot
- 1 egg
- 70 g of rice
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for the sauce
- 3 tablespoons of miso
- 2 tablespoons of minced garlic
- 1 cup of cooking sake
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons of toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1/2 onion
- 1 green bell pepper
Preparation method
- Start by chopping half an onion and the green bell pepper into small cubes;
- In a deep bowl, add the onion, bell pepper, and the other sauce ingredients, mix well, and set aside.
- In a pot of water, cook the rice;
- Cut the zucchini, bell pepper, and cucumber into strips and sauté each separately with salt;
- Chop the red cabbage and the cooked beetroot, and grate the carrot;
- Fry the egg, leaving the yolk runny;
- In a deep bowl, assemble the dish by placing the rice, vegetables, sauce, and egg on top, then serve.
6. Bibimbap with ground beef
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Japanese rice
- 1 cucumber, sliced into rounds
- 1 and 1/2 carrots cut into strips
- Chopped chives
- Minced meat
- Toasted sesame seeds
- 4 eggs
- Spinach leaves
- Sliced shimeji mushrooms
- Moyashi
- Sesame oil
- Chili paste
- Salt to taste
Preparation method
- Start by cooking the Japanese rice in water;
- In a frying pan, sauté the ground beef with garlic until browned;
- In another frying pan, heat sesame oil and sauté the cucumber, carrot, spinach leaves, and shimeji mushrooms separately;
- Place the bean sprouts in a bowl, season with scallions, sesame seeds, and salt, then sauté in sesame oil;
- Fry the egg in a frying pan, leaving the yolk runny;
- In a deep bowl, add the rice, all the sautéed ingredients, the meat, and finally, the egg;
- Finish with the pepper and sesame oil, mix everything together and serve.
7. Bibimbap in the pan (dolsot bibimbap)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of rice
- 300 g of ground meat
- 250 g of bean sprouts
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 15 cm of grated and sautéed turnip
- 1 small zucchini, chopped and sautéed
- 1/2 eggplant, sliced and sautéed
- 1 chayote squash, sliced and sautéed
- 1 egg
- Soy sauce
- Salt to taste
Preparation method
- Start by cooking the rice in salted water;
- Sauté the ground beef with onion, pepper, salt, and soy sauce;
- Sauté the bean sprouts with soy sauce, salt, and onion;
- Grate the turnip and cut the zucchini, eggplant, and chayote into strips;
- Next, sauté the ingredients from the previous step separately with soy sauce, salt, and onion;
- In a pan, add the rice, meat, sliced onion, bean sprouts, eggplant, turnip, zucchini, chayote, and place a raw egg on top;
- Over low heat, mix all the ingredients and leave the pan covered for about 5 minutes to cook the egg;
- Transfer to a plate and serve.
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