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 servings

Calories 375kcal

Ingredients

115 grams kimchi (1/2 cup packed, chopped)
¼ cup kimchi juice
2 teaspoons gochujang
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
370 grams cooked short-grain rice (about 2 cups)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 scallion (finely chopped)
2 sunny side up eggs

Grams + US Cups - Ounces + US Cups

Instructions

Before you measure out the kimchi, squeeze the juice out of it into a liquid measuring cup, this liquid is the "kimchi juice."
Whisk the kimchi juice, gochujang and soy sauce together until the gochujang is completely dissolved.
Drizzle the sesame oil over the rice and use your hands to mix it, so each grain of rice is coated with oil, and there are big clumps.
Put the 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.
Add the rice and stir-fry with a silicon spatula, pressing down on any clumps until the rice is uniform in color.
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.
Since kimchi varies in saltiness, taste the kimchi bokkeumbap and season with more soy sauce if needed.
When the fried rice is done, add the scallions and then plate. Top each serving with a sunny-side-up egg.

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