Kimchi fried rice (or kimchi-bokeumbab) is a delicious and versatile Korean fried rice dish that's sure to become a favorite. You can use ham, bacon, or spam instead of ground beef, add more veggies, or spice things up with Korean gochujang paste!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 0.25 cups ground beef
- 1 green onion , sliced, white and green parts separated
- 1 cup well-fermented kimchi , drained and chopped
- 1 tablespoon gochujang , Korean hot pepper paste
- 3 cups cooked short-grain rice
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 egg
Instructions
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Heat canola oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add ground beef and white parts of green onion; reduce heat to medium. Cook and stir beef and green onion until meat is browned and onion is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
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Stir kimchi and gochujang into meat mixture and cook until warmed through and fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Add rice; cook and stir until rice is heated through and coated with gochujang, 3 to 5 minutes more.
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Drizzle sesame oil over rice mixture and stir to coat. Garnish with green parts of green onion.
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Melt 1 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Crack egg into the pan and cook until white is completely set and yolk is thick, 3 to 4 minutes. Place egg over fried rice.
Nutrition Facts
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