Kimchi Bokumbap

 

Several years ago we had a Korean student living with us for awhile. He expressed a wish to cook a meal for us and that's how I got this recipe. It is my comfort food and everyone in my family likes it.

 

 

Ingredients:

500g kimchi from the jar

1 cup rice (steamed)

soy or tamari sauce

1 Spam

2 eggs

1Tbsp oil

about handful of wakame sea weed

 

 

Rinse and steam rice. If you don't have rice steamer, as I don't, it's OK. Put rice in a pot and add cold water to be just 1/2 inch or little bit more above the rice. Cover the pot and put on high temperature to cook. Once it starts boiling, stir with cooking spoon and cover but not all the way. Cover just a half of the pot and turn the heat to the lowest temperature. Cook until all water is absorbed, then turn the heat off and cover the whole pot. Leave it like that while you are preparing the rest.

 

 

Cut up kimchi and add with oil into big pan. Start frying, stirring occasionally.

 

 

While kimchi is frying, beat eggs in a bowl. Set aside.

 

 

Cut Spam in small pieces.

 

 

When kimchi is cooked (vegetables become softer), add Spam and continue frying for about 5 more minutes.  

 

 

Add rice and soy or tamari sauce and continue stirring. When everything is well mixed, add beaten eggs and stir fast so you don't get scrambled eggs on top of your kimchi :) Cook stirring for few more minutes. Sprinkle with crumbled wakame weeds.