Bibimbap is a tradiational Korean dish -- simply made up of rice mixed with meat, vegetables, an egg, and chili pepper paste. It is one of the popular Korean dish, because it has reputation of being the "healthy" food. It is a delicious way to eat lots of vegetable, like a salad, in one sitting.
I've introduced Korean food to many of my friends, and this dish was never disappointed me. They all loved it because you can choose to not have meat (usually beef), control the amount of chili paste you're adding, whether you want fried eggs or not, etc, if you have any food restrictions. Bibim, in Korean means mix, and bap means rice/dish. You basically get to mix all the ingredients in a big bowl, which is always fun. Bibimbap is also very easy to make, because usually most of the ingredients like vegetables that are sitting in your fridge.
Combine soy sauce, 1 tbsp of sesame oil, sugar, garlic and ginger in a large bowl. Add beef and let it sit for 30 minutes to add flavor. Start cooking rice either using rice cooker or regular hot pot. Meanwhile, cook various vegatables you want, like mushroom, carrots, onion, zucchini, bean sprouts, spinach, into a large skillet with little bit of sesame oil for 5 minutes or so. (Don't forget, for bean sprouts and spinach, you have to boil in hot water for a minute and drain in a colander before). Cook your meat now until browned on all sides. Crack one or two eggs in and cook until the whites have set.
Add rice to a large bowl first and add little bit of each of the ingredients around the edges of the bowl. Put the fired egg on top and you're ready to eat! This dish is served with red pepper paste, and you can control how spicy you want your food to be.
In Korea, bibimbap is served in two different dish. 1) regular bowl and 2) hot stone pot. The hot stone pot keeps the food sizzling when it arrives at the table, plus the rice gets toasted and coated in sesame oil on the bottom! -- which is the best part!
You should bring some to class.
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