Kimchi Bokkeumbap (Fried Rice)
Kimchi Bokkeumbap, or Korean fried rice with kimchi, is so easy and delicious, it's often whipped up as a hangover meal in a Korean household and can be made perfectly the first time. Plus, it's done in 15 minutes if you have leftover rice around!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1104kcal
Equipment
- Large skillet and heat-proof spatula
Ingredients
Sauce
- ⅓ Cup kimchi Use aged kimchi if possible. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible and add to the kimchi juice below
- ⅓ Cup kimchi juice
- 1 Tablespoon gochujang paste
Frying the rice
- 1 pat of Butter
- 1 small onion minced. Substitute: shallot
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- 1 small carrot minced (optional)
- ⅓ Can Spam cubed. Substitute: bacon or Chinese pork jerky.
- 3-4 Cups day-old cooked white rice (Or 1-1¼ Cups of uncooked rice. The amount will vary depending on the amount of ingredients you add. If you add more ingredients, add less rice or there won't be enough sauce) Leftover rice can clump so break up any lumps before adding to the pan.
- ½-1 teaspoon light soy sauce or fish sauce or to taste. Substitute: salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar or to taste, will depend on the taste of your kimchi
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients for the sauce. Don't add the sugar or soy sauce here as we want to season to taste at the end of the stir frying process.
- Over a medium fire, melt the butter then saute the onions. When soft and fragrant, add the garlic.Note: if you have more time, caramelising the onions for longer makes the dish sweeter without additional sugar.
- Add the carrots and stir till soft. As with the onions, cooking for longer adds flavor and sweetness.
- Add the Spam followed by the kimchi. Stir till well-mixed.
- Add the rice. Mix till a pale orange then add the sauce and mix.Note: if you are confident with your stir-frying skills, I recommend increasing the fire to high here. You'll need to stir-fry quickly though.
- Garnish, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Optional but recommended garnishes: sesame oil, lightly toasted white sesame seeds, sliced green onions and a fried egg
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker. I am not responsible for its veracity.
Nutrition
Calories: 1104kcal | Carbohydrates: 167g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 2209mg | Potassium: 1191mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 10322IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 4mg