How To Make Delicious And Healthy Bibimbap

To be honest, I feel like bibimbap is a difficult Korean food to make since it needs a lot of ingredients. However because it is so delicious, it will have you coming back for more again. Plus, it is very healthy. Bibim means 'mixing' and Bap means 'rice' in Korean. So, you mix rice, various fried vegetables, raw vegetables, meat, egg, dried seaweed, and a special sauce. If you are a vegetarian, you can substitute the beef with mushrooms you like.

Ingredients:

• ¼ Cup MooSaengChae (Radish-sidedish)
• ¼ Cup Kimchi
• 2 Handfulls Bean Sprouts (KongNaMul)
• ⅓ Onion
• ⅓ Carrot
• ⅓ Zucchini
• ⅓ Cucumber
• 2-3 Leaves Lettuce
• ½ Green Onion
• 1 Egg
• 1 Dried Seaweed
• 2 Bowls Cooked Rice

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

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

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

Directions:

1. 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.
2. Add the boiled bean sprouts, ½ tsp of sesame oil, and 1 pinch of salt. Mix well.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Fry the marinated beef until the beef is completely cooked.
8. Fry one flat egg with a pinch of salt. Slice it thinly.
9. Cut ¼ cup of kimchi into small pieces. Fry with a little bit of oil for 2 minutes. You can add a little bit of sugar if you want.
10. Cut 2-3 leaves of lettuce thinly.
11. Julienne ⅓ of a cucumber thinly.

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, (you can use your mixing 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 your taste. If you like spicy foods and want a lot of spicy sauce for your bibimbap, double the sauce recipe.