Monday, May 21, 2012

How do I eat the "Bibimbab"/如何拌拌饭

 " Bibimbab", one of the famous Korean dishes.  The ingredients for Bibimbab are not limited to "gosari" or 'doraji" only. In Korean, we do use many kinds of vegetables for
bibimbab. Today, I use spinach,soy bean sprout,egg and  cucumber for this dish.
I have to confess, I only know how to prepare the ingredients, my husband plays an important role for "bibim"/ stir & mix the rice with the ingredients. Therefore, I will not prepare Bibimbab if my husband is not around...^-^
The skill for stirring the rice & ingredients will  decide how delicious the bibimbab it will be...
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Use the scissor to cut all the ingredients into small pieces...


I have to confess too, when I prepare the ingredients, I don't use any seasoning. I just boil the hot water, blanch the vegetables, squeeze out the water. You may ask me, then it will be tasteless? No, Korean red pepper paste, laver ( 김 "Kim") and sesame oil play an
role for seasoning. I roast the "kim" without adding salt.
If you eat the Bobimbab without sufficient amount of Korean red pepper paste, it will not be delicious, but the red pepper paste is rather salty, therefore, if you put much red pepper paste and you add in the salt or soy bean sauce for seasoning the vegetables, this is rather salty, is not good for health...
( P/s: because I want to show one of my friends how to cook the cucumber with red pepper paste,after cooking, I used it as one of the ingredients, othewise, I won't put any seasoning for the cucumber too)

                                
Not only for the vegetables, use the scissor to cut the "kim" into small pieces too...



We really put a lot of "kim" when we eat Bibimbab....

After cutting all the ingredients, now is the time to use 2 spoons for stirring and mixing all the ingredients well. While you are stirring the ingredients, you  have to use the spoons to "press", the purpose is for the rice to absorb the taste of all the ingredients.....


                                 
Finally, it is well done....Normally, for my family, we put all the ingredients and rice on a big clay bowl, my husband will place Bibimbab  on a separate small bowl for all us  respectively after stirring and mixing it.

2 comments:

Elaine said...

Hello,
this is interesting knowledge for me.
Thanks for sharing.

小食代 said...

but unfortunately do not have the korean red paste here, taste not complete with it even have the kimchi made to it.