How to make "Bibimbap"

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 How to make “Bibimbap”

by Moon (a R/W 7 student)

“Bibimbap” is a traditional Korean food. It is cooked rice mixed together with vegetables, meat, fried egg, and a spoonful of red-pepper paste. ‘Bibim’ in Korean means mixing and ‘bap’ means cooked rice. Although bibibap is hot, it is a healthy food due to a lot of vegetables. Here is the way to make this famous Korean food.

The first step to make bibimbap is to prepare cooked rice. To make delicious rice, the amount of water and the strength of boiling temperature are important. After rinsing the rice, put the rice into the kettle and add the amount of water in about 1.2 times compared to rice. At first, heat the rice strongly until it boils vigorously, and then reduce the heat to a simmer and wait about 20-30 minutes. You can know the time to stop if you sniff.

After preparing cooked rice, you need to prepare vegetables, meat, and fried egg. Cut the vegetables such as cucumber, lettuce and carrot into small pieces. I like to add kimchi, which is also a famous Korean food, to the vegetables. For the meat, pre-cooked beef is usually used; however, you can use ham instead. For the fried egg, you fry it using a frying pan, but you’d better leave the egg yolk runny.

 

The next step is mixing the cooked rice, vegetables, meat, fried egg with red-pepper paste, kochujang. Kochujang is very hot, so if you don’t like hot food, you can use soy sauce instead.

The last step to make bibimbap is to add sesame oil. In Korean food, sesame oil is the magic ingredient. It adds a special flavor to foods and makes them delicious.

It is quite simple to make bibimbap. Just cook the rice, and prepare vegetables, meat, and fried egg. Then you mix these all with red-pepper paste, and finally add a spoonful of sesame oil.