Mixed rice with vegetables (Bibimbap)

Ingredients (for 4- 6 servings):

Rice, bean sprouts, spinach, zucchini, Shiitake mushrooms,

cooked fernbrake (gosari), ground beef (about half a pound),

carrot, eggs, soy sauce, hot pepper paste, garlic, sesame

seeds, sesame oil, and vegetable oil.

1) Make a big bowl of rice in a rice cooker or a pot. Use

around 2 cups of dried rice.

2) Prepare a large platter for all your ingredients. Rinse

1 package of bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a

pot with a cup of water. Add 1 ts of salt and cook for

20 minutes. Drain the water and mix with 1 clove of

minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt.

Put them on the platter.

3) Put 1 bunch of spinach in a pot of boiling water and

stir for a minute. Drain, rinse in cold water, and then

lightly squeeze the water out. Mix with a pinch of salt,

1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and a little

sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

4) Cut 2 small zucchinis into thin strips. Sprinkle a pinch

of salt over top and gently mix together. A few minutes

later, sauté them in a pan over high heat. When

they’re cooked, they will look a little translucent.

Put them on the platter.

5) Cut 2 or 3 cups of cooked fernbrake (gosari) into

pieces 5-7 cm long and sauté in a heated pan with 1

ts of vegetable oil. Add 1-2 tbs of soy sauce and ½

tbs of sugar and cook them for a few minutes. Add

sesame oil.

Put them on the platter.

6) Slice 5-7 shiitake mushrooms thinly and sauté them

with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Add 2 ts of soy sauce and

1-2 ts of sugar and stir them for 2 minutes. Add some

sesame oil and put them on the platter.

7) Put 200 grams of ground beef on a pan with some oil

and stir. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tbs of soy

sauce, ½ tbs of sugar, a little ground black pepper,

and some sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

8) Cut 1 small carrot into strips, sauté for 30 seconds

and put it on the platter.

9) Make a sunny side up egg for each serving.

10) Create a serving in a large bowl by putting some rice

in the bowl and attractively laying out some vegetables

and meat around the rice. Place a sunny side up

egg in the center.

11) Serve with sesame oil and hot pepper paste on the

side. Add the oil and paste to taste, mix up all the

ingredients in your bowl, and eat.

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For a nonspicy version, substitute the hot pepper paste for this

green onion sauce:

In a small bowl add 4 chopped green onions, ½ cup of soy

sauce, 1 tbs of sesame seeds, 2 ts of sugar, and 1 tbs of

sesame oil. Mix it up and serve on the side with bibimbap.

Egg soup:

1) In a small pot add a can of chicken broth and 2 cans

of water as measured by the chicken broth can. Bring

to a boil.

2) Beat 2 eggs with a fork. Slowly stir the boiling stock

and pour in the eggs. Salt to taste.

3) Chop 2 green onions.

4) Serve the soup in a small bowl with your bibimbap, on

the side. Sprinkle some chopped green onions over

the top.