Bibimbap - Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Assorted Vegetabl

• servings: 3 servings
• active time: 35 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

100 g beef mince ((3.5 ounces), (or other cuts))

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp brown sugar

1/4 tsp minced garlic

250 g spinach ((0.6 pounds))

350 g bean sprouts

100 g shiitake mushroom ((3.5 ounces))

120 g carrots ((4.2 ounces, 1 small))

1/2 tsp fine sea salt ((1/4 tsp each will be used when cooking shiitake mushroom and carrots))

3 cups steamed rice ((3 to 4 serving portions ))

3 eggs ((3 or 4 depending on the serving portion))

Some cooking oil ((to cook the meat, mushroom, carrots and eggs – I used rice bran oil))

Some toasted seasoned seaweed (shredded (long thin cut))

2 Tbsp gochujang

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 Tbsp sugar (- I used raw sugar)

1 Tbsp water

1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds

1 tsp vinegar (- I used apple vinegar)

1 tsp minced garlic

Directions

Prepare and cook ingredients as below. - For meat, mix the beef mince with the meat sauce listed above. Marinate the meat for about 30 mins while you are working on other ingredients to enhance the flavour. Add some cooking oil into a wok and cook the meat on medium high to high heat. It takes about 3 to 5 mins to thoroughly cook it.- Mix the bibimbap sauce ingredients in a bowl.- Cook spinach and bean sprouts per linked recipe.- Rinse, peel and julienne the carrots. Add some cooking oil and 1/4 tsp of fine sea salt in a wok and cook the carrots on medium high to high heat for 2 to 3 mins.- Clean/rinse the shiitake mushrooms and thinly slice them. Add some cooking oil and 1/4 tsp of fine sea salt in a wok and cook the mushrooms on medium high to high heat until they are all cooked. (It takes 2 to 3 mins.)- Make fried eggs. (While sunny side up is common, you can make them per your preference.)

Put the rice into a bowl and add the meat, assorted vegetables, seasoned seaweed, bibimbap sauce, and the egg on top of the rice. Serve.

To eat, mix the ingredients in the bowl, and enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 570 kcal
• Total Fat: 23 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 187 mg
• Sodium: 916 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 71 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7 g
• Total Sugars: 14 g
• Protein: 24 g