🍜 Bibimbap

Original recipe

Note: definitely sub in whatever ingredients you like! this is just a rough idea of what this dish can be

Ingredients

About 3 servings

Basic ingredients

  • 1 cup rice
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 scallions cut into ~2" pieces
  • ~6 ounces pork belly OR boneless chicken thighs OR chicken breast OR any pork, OR tofu, OR any beef, OR kielbasa/andouille/chorizo/bacon/pancetta
  • 1 carrot, cut into strips and sectioned into bite sized pieces
  • 1/4 cup cucumber sliced into bite sized pieces

Sauce/marinade

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce (I like dark soy sauce, but any kind works!)
  • ~1/2 teaspoon corn starch
  • 1 teaspoon seasame oil
  • 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
  • (optional) 5-spice seasoning
  • (optional) 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or sherry
  • gochujang sauce VERY DELICIOUS, or chili garlic/hot sauce, hoisin sauce, chili crisp, siracha, whatever your preference!
  • cilantro or parsley for garnish
  • toasted sesame seeds

Directions

  1. Load rice into rice cooker per directions.
  2. Slice the protein into bite-sized pieces.
  3. Mix the sauce ingredients, stirring thoroughly, and add the protein, mixing completely.
  4. Cut up the carrot and cucumber and scallions.
  5. Heat oil in a work or nonstick frying pan on high heat until shimmering and HOT
  6. Add the protein and cook, stirring occassionally, until done, maybe ~4-5 minutes or less
  7. Remove protein, add more oil if necessary, reheat until HOT again.
  8. Crack in the eggs and fry, flipping once if you like. If there's room left in the pan, add the scallions too, or do them in a follow-up batch.
  9. Once rice is ready, start assembling:
    1. Rice on the bottom
    2. Protein in a pile on one side
    3. Egg on one side
    4. Carrots and cucumbers on side #3
    5. Scallions in the last quadrant
  10. Dress with whatever condiments you like!