Bibimbap
Korean food is all the craze right now. It’s actually surprising that we’re only starting to realize the Asian country’s food is amazing, considering it’s been around for hundreds of years! Pay homage to Korean food by making at home one of its tastiest dishes: bibimbap, a dish as fun to cook as it is to pronounce. We could say bibimbap is a rice bowl topped with all your favorite things. In this case, pork bulgogi, a sunny side up, and a mélange of colorful veggies, including zucchini, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, carrots and bean sprouts, what’s not to love?
Sure, making a bowl of proper sticky rice has its merits, but the secret behind authentic bibimbap is the sauce, one sauce to bring all the ingredients together and bind them. Tangy mirin and rice vinegar combine with the umami-rich soy sauce and the sweet sesame oil for a sauce that has it all. It’s the gochujang, though, a red miso-based paste, what infuses the dish with the authentic Korean spirit. Once you start cooking with it, you won’t be able to stop!
Whether you want to recreate your favorite Korean flavors, or simply want to cook something new and thrilling, bibimbap is for you.
Nutritional Values
- Fat: 9g
- Cholesterol: 87mg
- Sodium: 999mg
- Potassium: 407mg
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Protein: 37g
- Vitamin: A 200IU
- Vitamin C: 6.6 mg
- Calcium: 10mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
Allergens
- Sesame
- Soy
- Eggs
Region
Fun Facts
- One of the most popular dishes from Korea, it may surprise some that there is more than just one type of kimchi. So many varieties, so much deliciousness and so much fun to make!
- Rice has always been fundamental in Korean cooking and Korean life in general since it’s cultivation. The value of rice became so high that it was once used as currency and to pay taxes during the Three Kingdoms Period (it is called Three Kingdoms Period, but there was actually four) in Silla.
- Korea is one of the world’s largest consumers of garlic.
Ingredients
- 300g pork bulgogi (pan-fried)
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups cooked short-medium rice
- 1 carrot (julienned)
- 1 zucchin
- 8 dried shitake mushrooms
- 1 cup of spinach
- 1 cup of bean shoots
- ⅜ tbsp garlic
- 1½ tbsp spring onions (sliced)
- Sesame oil
- Canola oil
- Sesame seeds
- Korean chilli paste
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.
What You'll Need
- Cooking Oil
- Skillet
- Large sized bowl for serving
- Large platter to separate each cooked vegetable type