Yum Yum-Homemade Beef, Spinach & Mushroom Bibimbap w Kochujang sauce

[crazycanuck]

I found this recipe in the latest Cuisine Magazine(NZ)pg 90 & was very excited as I love Bibimbap (esp Dolsot Bibimbap) but have never thought about making it at home.... (there's also a miso roast sushi salad that i'll give the recipe for later)

The recipe serves 2

2 carrots
1 cup bean sprouts
2 tablespoons white vingar
2 eggs
2 tblspns peanut oil
250g mince or beef strips or whatever else you think would work
2 tblspns soy sauce
150g mushrooms
2tblspns sesame seeds
250g spinach, stalks discarded & leaves chopped
2 cups long grained rice-cooked & hot

Kochujang Sauce

2tblspns white miso paste
garlic
1tblspn rice vinegar
1 tblspn sugar
1tblspn red chilli sauce
2 large red chillis(i omitted these..too hot for me!)
2 spring onions
1tspn sesame oil


Cut carrots into fine, long slices, drop(w sprouts) into boiling water to blach then lift out n set aside.
Add vinegar to the water, simmer & poach eggs for 2 min then remove n set aside.
Heat wok to very hot & add 1 tblspn oil, stir fry beef/mince etc plus mushrooms for 3min-set aside
Heat remaining tblpsn oil, add seeds, cook for 30 sec & add spinach plus 1tblspn water-stir fry for 30 seconds

add sauce


Sauce

Place miso, garlic, vinegar, sugar, chilli sauce & 2 tblspns water in small saucepan over med heat, bring to simmer.
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2 min & remember to stir!
Once removed from heat, stir in the chillis, spring onions & sesame oil

[Pedal Wench]

I loved that stuff when I went to Korea - but I don't eat beef. Do you think some turkey would work?

[crazycanuck]

Why not? Try it & let us know if it tastes ok.

I wanted to suggest bison but am unsure if you eat that?

[Pedal Wench]

Why not? Try it & let us know if it tastes ok.

I wanted to suggest bison but am unsure if you eat that?

You know... I was thinking about that too. I just saw a show about how much healthier bison is, and I looked it up and it does seem to be loaded with nutrients and none of the bad things in beef. I was thinking of seeing if I liked it - this might be the perfect recipe to try it out.

[sgtiger]

There's really no rules to bibimbap. The whole purpose of it is to use up left over banchan (kinda the same idea as the end of the week casserole that some people make with their left overs). At home, you can toss in whatever combination of veggies and meat you like into a skillet and stir fry. Often times we just make a vegetarian version. Then add in cooked rice at the end with an egg and the gochujang. Some families don't even bother dishing it up. Everyone grabs a spoon and they eat it right out of the pan.

The stuff at restaurants is a little bit fancier than the home version for presentation purposes.

[crazycanuck]

Btw Sg..is there such a thing as mild kimchi? I do like it however it's a wee bit too hot for me !!

PW-I love Bison but can't get it down here . Have tried bringing bison jerkey back from Canada but it didn't get through customs (good thing I declared it!) It's yummmmmmmyyyy.