Bibimpap, or rice with vegetables and chili pepper paste, is a dish that combines high-quality vegetables cultivated under the best geographical conditions with well-fermented chili pepper paste and the warm heart of those who prepare this dish.
The main ingredients of bibimpap are cooked rice, bean sprouts, hwangpo jelly, beef, chili pepper paste, sesame oil, and an egg. Other ingredients include sesame salt, garlic, black pepper and about 30 other kinds of seasonings.
Bean sprouts used in bibimpap usually taste best when they are 5-6 days old. Bean sprouts are known to be effective in preventing cold. Another ingredient that is indispensable in bibimpap is hwangpo jelly, which is made from mung beans and gardenia to make the jelly look yellow.
There is a saying in Korea that the taste of bean and pepper pastes determines the taste of any other food. The secret of a delicious bibimpap lies in well-prepared chili pepper paste as well. Some people add malt, glutinous rice and pepper powder when fermenting chili pepper paste in accordance with traditional recipes.
When cooking rice for bibimpap, cow head broth is usually used. The remaining beef can be eaten as minced raw beef, while some of the bean sprouts can be added to the almost cooked rice to make a bean sprout rice dish, which also tastes good.
- How to cook:
Ingredients: 150g of beef, dense soy bean sauce, chopped garlic, chopped onions, sesame salt, sesame oil, black pepper, 100g of balloon flower roots, 100g of fern, one squash, 1/2 of a carrot, salt, kelp, deep-fry oil, egg
Seasoning: 3 tablespoons of chili pepper paste, 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon of ginger extract, 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2 teaspoons of sesame salt, sliced dry red pepper, vegetable oil
1. Roasting beef and vegetables
Heat a fry pan, add cooking oil and roast balloon flower roots, fern, squash and carrots separately, one by one. When roasting, season each ingredient with chopped opinions, chopped garlic, sesame salt, sesame oil and salt. At the end, roast the beef seasoned with salt.
2. Paste seasoning
Add cooking oil to a fry pan and parch chili pepper paste for some time; add chopped garlic, ginger extract, sesame oil, sesame salt and sugar.
3. Serving
Fill a deep bowl with cooked rice, and put the prepared vegetables on top. At the center, carefully break an egg so that the yolk remains intact, and add the prepared chili pepper paste.
