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Spicy and loaded with flavor, Kimchi Fried Rice is an easy meal that comes together from just a handful of ingredients.
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Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi Fried Rice, or Kimchi Bokkeumbap (볶음밥), is a simple, delicious fried rice recipe that's made with mature kimchi, rice, and just a handful of other ingredients. The trick is in how the ingredients are combined, which can turn it into one of the most flavorful rice dishes ever.
Course Sides
Cuisine Best, Korean
Keyword easy, kimchi, quick
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Rice
Diet Dairy-Free, Pescatarian, Vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Servings 2 servings
Calories 375kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Before you measure out the 115 grams kimchi, squeeze the juice out of it into a liquid measuring cup. This liquid is the "kimchi juice."
    115 grams kimchi
    Kimchi and kimchi juice separated for making kimchi fried rice.
  • Whisk the ¼ cup kimchi juice, 2 teaspoons gochujang, and 1 teaspoon soy sauce together until the gochujang is completely dissolved.
    ¼ cup kimchi juice, 2 teaspoons gochujang, 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • Drizzle the 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil over the 370 grams cooked short-grain rice and use your hands to mix it so each grain of rice is coated with oil and there are no big clumps.
    2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil, 370 grams cooked short-grain rice
    Crumbling cooked rice for making kimchi fried rice.
  • Put 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add the chopped kimchi and stir-fry until the kimchi is starting to brown and is very fragrant.
    1 tablespoon vegetable oil
    Sauteeing kimchi in a frying pan for kimchi fried rice.
  • Add the rice and 1 scallion, then stir-fry with a spatula, pressing down on any clumps until the rice is uniform in color.
    Stir-frying kimchi rice in a frying pan with a spatula.
  • Pour the kimchi juice mixture over the rice and turn up the heat to high. Stir-fry, tossing the rice occasionally until the rice starts to brown and doesn't stick together quite as much.
    Tossing kimchi fried rice in a frying pan.
  • Since kimchi varies in saltiness, taste the kimchi bokkeumbap and season with more soy sauce or salt if needed.
  • When the fried rice is done, add the scallions and then plate. Top the servings with 2 sunny side up eggs.
    1 scallion, 2 sunny side up eggs
    Eggs frying in a pan.

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Nutrition

Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 225mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 297IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg