Korean Quinoa Bowl

15 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for cooking eggs
  • 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps sliced
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pound bean sprouts
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 4 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 2 cups cooked red quinoa (season with salt, cook in a rice cooker in a ratio of 2 water to 1 red quinoa, and refrigerate)
  • 1 pack toasted nori sheets
  • 1 head organic baby lettuce, picked, washed and dried
  • 2 tablespoons toasted white sesame seeds
  • 1 cup kimchi, sliced
  • 4 ounces soft tofu
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced, for garnish
  • Leaves from 1/2 bunch cilantro, for garnish

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat a large cast-iron pan, and add the vegetable oil.
  2. 2
    Once the oil is hot, add the mushrooms and some salt and pepper and cook until golden brown.
  3. 3
    Transfer the mushrooms to a plate, and refrigerate.
  4. 4
    Put the bean sprouts in a tall plastic container, add some salt and 4 tablespoons of the lime juice and refrigerate.
  5. 5
    Before you cook the eggs, gather all the ingredients and start building your bowls: Add 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil into each of 4 bowls, and spread it around with a plastic spatula.
  6. 6
    Distribute the quinoa evenly among the bowls, and continue with the nori, lettuce, sesame seeds, kimchi and tofu.
  7. 7
    (I like to keep everything separated near the edge of the bowl.)
  8. 8
    Once the bowls are filled, heat a large nonstick pan over medium heat, add enough oil to coat the whole pan and add the eggs.
  9. 9
    Cook to desired doneness (I prefer mine sunny-side up, so the yolks can coat all the ingredients).
  10. 10
    Once the eggs are cooked, season with salt and pepper, and place 1 egg in the middle of each bowl.
  11. 11
    Garnish with green onions and cilantro.

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