Bibimbap

Posted September 30th, 2015 in Food No Comments »

Surviving school holiday? I put my 4-year-old to a school swim program but going to a pool everyday with a 1-year-old is starting to give me a headache :-{ My 4-year-old can’t swim yet and 1-year-old wants to dip in the water too, so I have to be in the water splashing around with 2 boys. After a quick shower we head home and have lunch, and surprisingly they don’t sleep at all at home so it’s been full-day-with-2-boys this week. I need some stamina to keep up…!

Bibimbap was one of the food that came to my mind. I just wanted to mix up the meat, veggies, rice & gochujang chilli and eat all up with a glass of chilled green tea. Sounds nice in a hot day doesn’t it.

“Bibimbap – it’s a Korean dish where meat, assorted vegetables and fried egg are placed over steamed rice. You mix everything up as you eat, and though it looks messy that’s how it’s supposed to be eaten. Usually gochujang (Korean chilli paste) and/or sesame oil is added, but I serve this dish to my kid without any extra sauce.”

I wrote a recipe for bibimbap here before, and I’d say that is more standard way to eat bibimbap as it has kimuche on it. I love kimuche, especially in summer. I crave for spicy food in hot days!

There are so many kinds of bibimbap and you can make endless variations to this dish depending on your preference and dietary requirements. I must say this is my favorite Korean dish and I often order one at yakiniku restaurant in Japan. 🙂 I love the one with tobiko (frying fish roe) in a hot stone bowl (ishiyaki-bibimbap) but when I make at home I make everything simple.

On this recipe I didn’t use kimuche (simply because I didn’t have it in my house) but it turned out to be a family friendly dish. Extra gochujang chilli for adults.

Beat the heat with chilli!

<Bibimbap> serves 1

1 cup of Steamed Rice
1/2 cup of Beef mince
1/2 cup of Bean-shoot & carrot, shredded
1/2 cup of Broccoli
1/4 cup of Green beans, shredded
1 Egg
minced garlic, sesame oil, gochujang chilli paste, soy sauce, sake

Beef mince : Heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, and cook beef mince over high heat with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic. Add 1 teaspoon of Sake and 1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce, and cook until the meat is done. Drizzle sesame oil.
Bean-shoot : Blanch bean-shoot & shredded carrot. Drain well. Mix with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic and drizzle with sesame oil. Season with salt.
Broccoli : Blanch broccoli florets. Drain well.
Green beans : Blanch beans. Drain well. Shred.
Egg : Fry an egg to your liking.
Serve : Place steamed rice in a serving bowl. Top with beef, bean-shoot&carrot, broccoli and beans. Place fried egg on top.
<optional> Sprinkle with sesame seeds, and serve with gochujang chilli paste.