Bibimbap

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Korean
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 120 grams brown basmati rice
  • 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cucumber peeled and roughly chopped
  • 100 grams kimchi

quick pickled carrot

  • 1 large carrot peeled and cut into thin matchsticks
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • ¼ tsp caster sugar
  • ¼ tsp sea salt

sweet chilli sauce

  • 2 tbsp gochujang
  • tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp runny honey
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

sesame spinach

  • ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 clove garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 200 grams baby spinach leaves
  • 100 grams beansprouts
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tsp caster sugar
  • pinch sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Cook the rice in boiling water for 20 minutes until tender and then drain.
  • Meanwhile, to make the pickled carrot, combine the carrot with the vinegar, sugar and salt in a small bowl. Set aside, stirring occasionally.
  • To make the chilli sauce, whisk together all the ingredients until smooth in a small bowl.
  • To make the sesame spinach, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the garlic until soft. Add the spinach, in batches if necessary, and gently fry for 5 minutes, or until wilted. Turn up the heat, and add the beansprouts, soy sauce, sugar and salt. Cook for 3–4 minutes, or until all the liquid has evaporated.
  • Just before serving, heat the sesame oil in a frying pan and fry the eggs, sunny side-up. Remove the pickled carrot from the bowl and pat dry on kitchen paper.
  • Divide the rice between two shallow bowls. Add the sesame spinach, cucumber, carrot pickle and kimchi. Top each bowl with a fried egg, a drizzle of chilli sauce and a sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds.
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