About the Recipe
The Japanese are in love with Korean TV soup operea and K-Pop and they love Bibimbap too! Bibimbap literally means "mixed rice". The dish is something of a standard bearer for Korean food abroad and it isn't unusual to find restaurants named after this one dish. A good bibimbap features a bed of fresh rice, some kimchi fried vegetables, some meat and often a fried egg to top everything off. I put more vegetables into my bibimbap when I make it but apart from a little more peeling and cutting, it's easy to prepare and makes a substantial enough meal for a filling dinner.
Ingredients
400g cooked rice
80g julienned carrot
90g julienned courgette
100g beansprout
140g spinach
200g minced beef
40g chopped spring onion
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp veg oil
1 tsp salt
3 tsp finely chopped garlic
2.5 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds
2 tsp sesame oil
2 eggs
2 tsp korean bibimbap spicy sauce/paste ( optional)
Preparation
sprinkle 1/4 tsp of salt on the carrot, mix in a bowl and set aside for 10 mins
sprinkle 1/4 tsp of salt on the courgette, mix in a bowl and set aside for 10 mins
grind the sesame seeds well using a pestle & mortar or a blender
boil the beansprouts for 1 min, then drain well and set aside in a third bowl
in a second pan, boil the spinach for 1 min , drain well and set aside
heat 1/2 tbsp of the veg oil in a frying pan, add 1 tsp of garlic, the spring onion & the minced meat, mix together well and fry for 2 mins
next, add 1 tbsp of sesame seeds, 2 tsp of soy sauce and fry until the beef is cooked
now go back to the carrot - squeeze the liquid out of the carrot, add 1/2 tsp of garlic, 1/2 tsp of the sesame oil & 1 tsp of sesame seeds and mix together well in a bowl
next, using your hand, squeeze any liquid out of the courgette
add 1/2 tsp of garlic, 1/2 tsp of sesame oil, 1 tsp of sesame seeds to the courgette and mix together well
add 1/4 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of garlic, 1/2 tsp of sesame oil & 1 tsp of sesame seeds to the beansprouts and mix well
add 1/4 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of garlic, 1/2 tsp of sesame oil & 1 tsp of sesame seeds to the spinach and mix well
heat 1/2 tbsp of veg oil in a frying pan and fry the eggs
last, to assemble your bibimbap:
put half of the cooked rice in each bowl, put the beansprouts, beef, carrot, courgette & spinach on top of the rice. next, add the fried egg to the centre and add 1 tsp of korean bibimbap sauce/paste (optional) to each bowl
serve immediately