Are you excited to take a trip to Korea, cuisine wise while still in your kitchen? Please join us on our blog to wish you a happy tone as our focus today is on Korean food, more specifically a straightforward and rather appetizing dish: Chicken Bibimbap. Now, Bibimbap has quite a reputation for its mixture of flavors, textures and colors, and it’s a Korean rice bowl that is visually stunning and delicious as well. This article will show you the steps of how to make this dish, starting from the basic requirements of picking up the good ingredients ending with the presentation of a properly balanced bowl dish. Whether you are an experienced chef or an interested novice, our instructions consider absolutely all people and using them will let you prepare a traditional and great tasting Bibimbap in your home kitchen. With every post, we want to make Korean food a less foreign concept and encourage every one of you to try something new. So, what are we waiting for? Let’s go and start this wonderful culinary exploration!
What is Bibimbap and How to Make It?
A Step by Step Guide on How to Prepare Bibimbap
As the name suggests, bibimbap, literally means “to mix rice”. There is rice served, and as a Korean delicacy, bibimbap is prepared with vegetables, chicken or beef, and a fried egg on top. The components are placed in a bowl and further sauce made out of gochujang which is Korean red chilies is placed at the top. The recipe begins with all the ingredients. You may serve it rice and else mix it all together. The main ingredients are chicken legs, golden rice, spinach, carrots and mushrooms, and garlic fried egg sauce. This meal does not need much preparation, and the chicken is to be prepared beforehand and it is suggested to use gochujang, soy sauce, and sesame oil arachide oil’s for seasoning.
Preparing Chicken Bibimbap
For Chicken Bibimbap, you will need boneless and skinless chicken breast, eggs, white rice, baby spinach, carrots, mushrooms, and gochujang Korean spicy chili muchong. Before serving, prepare the dressing of sesame oil, garlic and sesame seeds for seasoning.
How to Prepare the Bibimbap Bowl
When composing the Bibimbap, begin by incorporating a heaping amount of white cooked rice at the bottom of the plate. On top of the rice, put cooked chicken slices and cooked spinach, carrots, and sliced mushrooms in an orderly manner. For the finishing touch, embellish the dish with a fried egg, sunny-side up. Lastly, drizzle the gochujang sauce over the top of the ingredients and dust sesame seeds over the top to complete the preparation. Prior to eating, engage in a vigorous stirring motion to incorporate all the ingredients into a single unit.
How to Prepare Chicken for Bibimbap?
Chicken Breast Marination
Begin by mixing sesame oil, soy sauce, minced garlic, and a bit of black pepper in a bowl to marinate the chicken breasts. Coat the chicken breasts in the marinade making sure they are fully submerged. Refrigerate for at least 30 min; for more effects, a longer duration is recommended such as overnight.
Cooking Techniques: Scoring With Nice Chicken For The Bibimbap
For the bibimbap preparation, increase the temperature of a nonstick skillet and add a small amount of sesame oil over a medium flame. As soon as the oil becomes hot, place the marinated chicken breasts in the skillet. Cook for about 4-6 minutes on each side; three minutes is okay for thinner cuts until all of the chicken is cooked through. The internal temperature, however, must reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit to satisfy cooking confirmation for the chicken. Afterward, wait a few minutes and cut the chicken into thin slices suitable for inserting into the bibimbap bowl.
Korean Chicken Bibimbap ‘S Chicken
To enhance the taste of Korean Chicken Bibimbap, make sure that the ingredients you use are fresh and high-quality. Use carrots, spinach, mushrooms, and other vegetables in different colors and textures to make this dish mouthwatering as well as interesting to look at. Make sure you don’t overcook the rice, as the rice texture is just as important in this dish. Instead of putting ingredients on top of each other, mix them all together so as to provide an even coverage of the flavor to the dish. If you want less or more heat, do not hesitate to increase or decrease the amount of gochujang sauce in the turkey bibimbap, depending on your tastes.
What Vegetables Are Best for a Bibimbap Bowl?
Selecting Fresh Ingredients for Bibimbap Decor
The selection of the vegetables should focus on first quality and a variety of colors and shapes. Rely more on carrots, spinach, zucchini, bean sprouts and mushrooms. In addition to their decorative role, the vegetables also provide the dish with a range of tastes and nutrition. You can also use some vegetables that are in season or those that you prefer to personalize the bowl to your liking.
How to cut and fry chinese cabbage or other vegetables for bibimbap
To cut vegetables thin, you can employ a knife or a foolproof method like a mandoline to produce thin, evenly sliced vegetables which enhance the evenness of cooking. First, the vegetables are washed then peeled when necessary then one of the sides of the vegetable is held flat against the cutting board. Heat a little oil in a skillet over moderate heat, place the vegetables and let them cook with constant stirring until they become slightly soft. This procedure improves the taste and color of the ingredients which are key to preparing a good Bibimbap bowl.
Incorporating Bean Sprouts and Shiitake Mushrooms into Your Bibimbap Bowl
In order to incorporate bean sprouts and shiitake mushrooms into your Bibimbap bowl, begin with cooking the bean sprouts by immersing them in boiling water for around a minute, and afterwards drain and set aside. Cook the shiitake mushrooms in a bit of sesame oil until they are soft and brown, this generally takes about three to four minutes. The addition of these ingredients will provide interesting textures and umami taste to the dish.
How to Make the Perfect Bibimbap Sauce?
Create the Base for the Bibimbap Sauce with these Ingredients
Begin with combining gochujang or Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil, sugar, soy sauce, garlic, and rice vinegar to create the bibimbap sauce. Blend these ingredients together smoothly and freely adjusting the quantities to fit into your contextual moderation of spice and sweet tooth. With this sauce, quite a fair amount of heat and savory flavor are added to your bibimbap bowl.
Mix Well: Balancing Flavors in the Sauce
In order to prepare the bibimbap sauce, the very first thing to consider is to keep all the ingredients together so that all flavors can be merged and a blended sauce can be prepared. And then don’t forget to combine all the tastes together; If you want to make the sauce softer, sweeter or saltier add more or less sugar, corn syrup or gochujang and soy sauce respectively. As you blend, you can sample the sauce and adjust the proportions so that they do not overpower other ingredients in your bibimbap bowl.
Spice Sauces with Gochujang and Chilli
To meet all the required proportions, start with combining gochujang, sesame oil, sugar, soy sauce, garlic, and rice vinegar and finish with blending these mix together in order to satisfy your taste for a well proportioned bibimbap sauce for the perfect bibimbap sauce.
What Are the Secrets to a Perfect Korean Rice Bowl?
Accounting Brown Rice in Your Dish For More Taste
Adding brown rice in your Bibimbap helps with imparting a nutty taste apart from adding to the nutritional aspects of the dish. Brown rice has bran and germ layers which makes it more fibrous, vitaminous and mineral than white rice. This option not only offers a unique taste, but also the texture and flavor of Bibimbap ingredients as well which makes the Korean rice bowl tasty and healthy.
Rice and Cooking Method for Making Bibimbap
To cook basmati rice for making bibimbap, wash the rice under running cold water until the wash water appears clean. In a saucepan or rice cooker, place the rinsed rice with the proper amount of water using a standard ratio of rice to water at 1:1.5 for white rice and in case of brown rice slightly higher amount of water should be used. The water should be allowed to boil before being put on low flame while the lid is placed on the pot to allow the rice to simmer. 15 to 20 minutes is suggested for white rice, 40-45 minutes should be enough for brown rice. When done, cover the rice pot for a few minutes, allow it to sit, and thereafter; use a fork to release the rice.
Finishing Touches: Sesame Seeds and Fried Egg
The last process in preparing Bibimbap is garnishing the prepared dish with toasted sesame seeds to add aroma and a nutty touch to the dish. A fried egg should be placed on top of the dish, with the yolk looking up to add a smooth touch to the bowl as it combines with the other ingredients.
Bibimbap Chick Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Large frying pan
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 Measuring cups and spoons
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Serving plates
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup sliced vegetables carrots, zucchini, mushrooms
- 1/2 cup kimchi
- 1/4 cup gochujang Korean chili paste
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 fried egg
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 2 green onions sliced
Instructions
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
- Add sliced vegetables and sauté until tender.
- Stir in the kimchi, rice, gochujang, and soy sauce. Cook until heated through.
- Serve the mixture in a bowl, topped with a fried egg.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.
Notes
Adjust the amount of gochujang to control the level of spiciness.
For a vegan version, omit the egg and use tofu instead.
Reference sources
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: Is there a simple chicken bibimbap recipe for me to try at home?
A: One such easy chicken bibimbap recipe would consist in marinating the chicken in bulgogi sauce, stir-frying chicken and bok choy and cucumber, and serving it with sushi rice. For a bit of fun, you may put a fried egg on top.
Q: What is the recipe for bibimbap with chicken in it?
A: In order to make this bibimbap with chicken, you will need to prepare the chicken ahead of time with a bulgogi marinade. After marinating, place the chicken in a wok over medium-high flame. In the meanwhile, cook the chicken and prepare the mixed rice, stir-fry the kimchi and chopped green onion, and put everything in an assembly and serving bowl with a fried egg on top.
Q: Which ingredients go into a chicken bibimbap bowl?
A: Chicken bibimbap bowl consists of; seasoned sushi rice, chicken that has been marinated and grilled lightly, slices of cucumber, slices of bok choy, soy sauce, some mirin as well as a fried egg on top. Top with some green onions or even kimchi if you want.
Q: How do you prepare the bibimbap with chicken?
A: Boneless chicken is then cut into pieces and submerged with bulgogi sauce. Then, after being placed in a pan, it is heated over medium high heat until well done. After cooking, the chicken is placed in the bowl for some minutes, in order to be used in the procedure.
Q: How do you fry the eggs to make bibimbap?
A: For bibimbap, a little canola oil should be heated in a pan for some time as hot, without making it smoke, a few minutes will be good. After that, two eggs can be broken and placed in the oil. The egg whites should be cooked and the yolk should not harden. This should be placed over the bowl which is made for one serving.
Q: Is it possible to make the chicken bibimbap with bulgogi sauce?
A: Sure, chicken in chicken bibimbap-recipe bulgogi sauce will be a perfect marinade for the chicken. It provides a nice richness with light sweetness that goes perfectly with the combination of rice and vegetables.
Q: What is the appropriate method of cooking the vegetables in chicken bibimbap?
A: In a wok or pan, cook bok choy, cucumber, and kimchi diced vegetables in sweet and sour sauce, preferably canola oil, in medium high heat. The vegetables should be tender, yet crisp and soy sauce and a bit of salt may be used for seasoning.
Q: Which rice should I use for making bibimbap, any suggestions?
A: Sushi rice is great for making bibimbap since it is sticky which helps it to stay cohesive when mixed with other ingredients. Refer to the packaging directions regarding cooking the rice, then let it cool down a bit before adding it into your bowl.
Q: In what ways can I enhance the flavor in my chicken bibimbap?
A: When going for chicken bibimbap, try and add extra bulgogi sauce on top, kimchi or green onion for extra kick. Also, squeeze some toasted sesame seeds on top before serving.
