Bibimbap (비빔밥)

Here is another recipe I tried from Aeri. All of my Korean recipes I have posted here have been from you wonderful Youtube channel. I also found out recently that she has a blog with all of her recipes as well as step by step pictures and instructions. Please give her site a look and see if there are any other recipes you might like.

http://aeriskitchen.com/2008/12/bibimbap-%eb%b9%84%eb%b9%94%eb%b0%a5/#more-1105

Main Ingredients:

I made mine with everything except the last three ingredients. I personally don't like Kimchi or radish and my grocery store didn't have bean sprouts. You can really add any other ingredients that you like as well.

• ⅓ Onion
• ⅓ Carrot
• ⅓ Zucchini
• ⅓ Cucumber
• 2-3 Leaves Lettuce
• ½ Green Onion
• 1 Egg
• 1 Dried Seaweed
• 2 Bowls Cooked Rice
• ¼ Cup MooSaengChae (Radish-sidedish) you can find the recipe for this here- http://aeriskitchen.com/2008/09/korean-radish-side-dish/
• ¼ Cup Kimchi
• 2 Handfulls Bean Sprouts

Meat Ingredients:

• ¼ Cup Ground Beef
• ½ tsp Soy Sauce
• ½ tsp Sugar
• ½ tsp Cooking Wine
• ½ tsp Sesame Oil
• 1 Clove Minced Garlic
• 1 Pinch Salt & Black Pepper

Sauce Ingredients:

• 3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste
• ¼ tsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tsp Brown Rice Vinegar or Apple Vinegar
• 1 tsp Sugar
• ¾ tsp Sesame Seeds
• 1 tsp Sesame Oil
• ½ tsp Minced Garlic

The recipe also calls for Gosari but I omitted this because I do not like the taste. I am adding it here for those of you who want to know what traditional Bibimbap is made up of.

Gosari Ingredients:

• 1 Handfull Dried Fernbrake (GoSaRi)
• ¼ Onion
• 2 tsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tsp Sesame Oil
• ½ Tbsp Olive Oil
• ½ tsp Minced Garlic

Directions:

• In a bowl, mix ¼ cup of ground beef, ½ tsp of soy sauce, ½ tsp of sugar, ½ tsp of cooking wine, ½ tsp of sesame oil, 1 clove minced garlic, 1 pinch of salt, and 1 pinch black pepper all together. Set it aside while you are preparing the other ingredients.
• Add the boiled bean sprouts, ½ tsp of sesame oil, and 1 pinch of salt. Mix well.
• If you are using Gosari follow step 1. and 2., if you are not using it you can skip to the next step.

1. If you buy dried gosari, soak one handful of gosari in water over night. If the gosari is still not soft, then boil it in water until it becomes soft, before you fry it.
2. Cut it into 3 inch pieces. In a pan, add the gosari, ¼ of sliced onion, 2 tsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of sesame oil, ½ tbsp of olive oil, and ½ tsp of minced garlic. Fry for 10 minutes.

• Julienne ⅓ of a carrot and ⅓ of a zucchini to the same size.
• Slice ⅓ of an onion thinly.
• Cut ½ of a green onion thinly. Fry the green onion with a little bit of salt for 5 seconds.
• In the same way, fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 20 seconds.
• Fry the zucchini for 1 minute with some salt.
• Fry the carrot for 30 second with some salt.
• Fry the marinated beef until the beef is completely cooked.
• Fry one flat egg with a pinch of salt. Slice it thinly.

If you are using Kimchi, follow the following two steps.

1. Cut ¼ cup of kimchi into small pieces.
2. Fry with a little bit of oil for 2 minutes. You can add a little bit of sugar if you want.

• Cut 1 sheet of dried seaweed into strips with scissors.
• Cut 2-3 leaves of lettuce thinly.
• Julienne ⅓ of a cucumber thinly.
• Add the radish side dish, MooSaengChae
• To make the sauce, mix 3 tbsp of red pepper paste, ¼ tsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of vinegar, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 tsp of sesame oil, ¾ tsp of sesame seeds, and ½ tsp of minced garlic.
• In a large bowl, place 1 cup of cooked rice, all of the vegetables, kimchi, egg, and dried seaweed. Put the beef in the center. Then, pour 2-3 spoons of sauce on top of the beef. You can adjust the amount of the sauce, depending on how spicy you want it.
• Mix all the ingredients together until well blended.

Enjoy!