Olivier Poels 5:40 p.m., April 12, 2022

Literally "mixed rice" in Korean, bibimpap, a very popular dish in Korea.

It is an easy to make, complete and original dish, with a large number of variations.

If its name means "mixed rice", it is however not served like this: each of the ingredients being isolated, the mixture only occurs when it is tasted.

Bibimbap normally consists of 5 basic ingredients which represent the 5 natural elements before chaos: rice (water), egg (earth), green vegetables (wood), red vegetables (fire ), meat (metal).

The tradition is that we start by observing the pure elements, then, with the chopsticks, we create chaos in the bowl!

This recipe does not go back to the mists of time but appears in the 19th century in a famous anonymous cookery book which compiles traditional Korean recipes.

It has since become a symbol of the country's cuisine and is exported everywhere.

Ideally, it should be served in a very hot stone bowl in which the rice finishes cooking

Bibimpap recipe for 2 people

Ingredients :

  • 200 g of rice

  • 2 eggs

  • 100 g of green vegetables (cucumber, zucchini) cut into strips

  • 50 g grated carrots

  • 1 chopped onion

  • 200 g of chicken

  • Soya sauce

  • sesame sheaths

  • Coriander

For the sauce:

  • 1 C.

    at s.

    soy sauce

  • 2 tbsp.

    at s.

    sesame oil

  • 1 C.

    c.

    chilli paste

  • 1 C.

    c.

    honey

  • 1 C.

    at s.

    water

  • 1 C.

    c.

    sesame seeds

  • Combine the ingredients for the sauce

  • Stew the rice

  • Sauté the chicken with a little soy sauce and sesame seeds

  • Cook the fried eggs

  • Arrange the very hot rice in the back of the bowl and the other ingredients on the sides: pour the sauce and place the fried egg on top