Bibimbap
Submitted by happyzhangbo
Quick Korean bibimbap rice bowls with savory ground meat in soy-sesame sauce, a fried egg, fresh vegetables, and toasted sesame seeds. A colorful, customizable weeknight dinner in 20 minutes.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
8 minCOOK
12 minREADY
22 minBibimbap literally means “mixed rice” in Korean, and that’s exactly the move: pile everything into a bowl and stir it all together before you eat.
This simplified version skips the traditional individual vegetable preparations and focuses on speed. Ground turkey (or beef, or pork) gets browned and glazed in a soy sauce, sesame oil, and brown sugar mixture that’s salty, nutty, and slightly sweet.
Top warm rice with the saucy meat, a fried egg with runny yolk, whatever vegetables you have on hand, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Stir it all together and let the yolk become the sauce.
Twenty minutes from stove to table.
Kitchen Tips
- Cook the meat until all the soy sauce mixture is absorbed, not just reduced. You want sticky, caramelized meat, not soupy.
- Fry the eggs so the whites are set but the yolks are still runny. When you break the yolk into the hot rice, it creates a rich, silky sauce.
- Use whatever vegetables you have: shredded carrots, spinach, bean sprouts, cucumber, zucchini. Raw or lightly steamed, both work.
Variations
- Add a spoonful of gochujang (Korean chili paste) to the soy sauce mixture for authentic heat.
- Use cauliflower rice instead of white rice for a lower-carb version.
- Top with kimchi and a drizzle of sriracha for extra punch.
Ingredients
shredded carrot, canned baby corn, spinach, bean sprouts, red onion, whatever you want, steamed or raw, to taste *
Directions
Mix together the first three ingredients; set aside.
In a pan, brown the meat in half the vegetable oil, about 5 minutes.
Add half the soy-sauce mixture and continue cooking until the liquid is absorbed, 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove from heat and cover.
In another pan, fry the eggs in the remaining vegetable oil, 4 to 5 minutes.
Divide the rice among 4 bowls.
Arrange some vegetables and meat and an egg in each.
Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, then drizzle the remaining soy-sauce mixture over the top.
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