Bi Bim Bap

Name: Bi Bim Bap
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked sticky rice (Japanese or Korean short grain rice); 1 lb lean ground beef or 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs; 2 cups carrots, shredded; 1 (15 1/4 ounce) can corn kernels, drained; 16 ounces frozen spinach, defrosted (1 package); 2 zucchini, sliced into strips; 5 eggs; 1/2 cup light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1/8 cup garlic, chopped; sesame oil, for frying; salt and pepper; 4 tablespoons hot pepper paste (gochujang); 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for gochujang); 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (for gochujang) (optional)

16 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked sticky rice (Japanese or Korean short grain rice)
1 lb lean ground beef or 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
2 cups carrots, shredded
1 (15 1/4 ounce) can corn kernels, drained
16 ounces frozen spinach, defrosted (1 package)
2 zucchini, sliced into strips
5 eggs
1/2 cup light soy sauce
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/8 cup garlic, chopped
sesame oil, for frying
salt and pepper
4 tablespoons hot pepper paste (gochujang)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for gochujang)
1 tablespoon sesame seeds (for gochujang) (optional)

Directions

1

Cook the rice as directed on package. (usually about 1.25-1.5 cups of water per cup of rice, bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 25 minutes).
2

Combine granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add soy sauce and half of the garlic, stir with a spoon. Add ground beef, mix well, and set aside. (or chop chicken into bite size pieces, add to marinade, mix well).
3

Quickly stirfry the corn kernels dry or in vegetable oil with a pinch of salt, set aside.
4

Stirfry carrots with a teaspoon of sugar until soft. Set aside.
5

Stirfry zucchini in sesame oil, add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
6

Stirfry spinach in sesame oil with the remaining garlic, add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
7

Cook the eggs over easy or sunnyside up, but leave the yolk a little runny.
8

Stirfry ground beef until cooked through. Remove from pan and set aside. (for chicken, stirfry chicken, remove from pan, then thicken marinade in the pan).
9

Mix the gochujang, sugar, and sesame seeds.
10

Divide and arrange the vegetables neatly over the 5 bowls of rice, add ground beef, and place the egg on top.
11

Mix together and enjoy!