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dolsot bibimbap

(recipe, Hank Sawtelle)

Introduction

http://hungrycravings.blogspot.com/2008/05/bibimbap.html Serves 4. Of course bibimbap can be served in regular rice bowls—although the rice won’t have the golden crunchy crust, it will still be tasty and delicious. (Do not coat regular rice bowls with sesame oil.) Any thinly sliced beef steak can be substituted for the short ribs. Gochujang is fermented sweet chile paste. Stone bowls with matching trivets, thinly sliced boneless beef short ribs, and gochujang are all available in Korean markets.

Ingredients

  1. ¼ cup soy sauce
  2. 3 Tbsp. sugar
  3. 3 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
  4. 1 Tbsp. grated ginger
  5. ¼ cup sliced green onions
  6. 1 0.25 lb. thinly sliced boneless beef short ribs, julienned
  7. Freshly ground black pepper
  8. 3 cups sticky rice
  9. Kosher salt
  10. 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
  11. 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  12. 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
  13. 4 eggs
  14. 3 Tbsp. dark sesame oil
  15. 1 medium zucchini, cut in half lengthwise, thinly sliced on a bias, and blanched
  16. 1 carrot, julienned and blanched
  17. 8 oz. mung bean sprouts, blanched
  18. 8 oz. spinach, bok choy, choy sum, or other similar leafy greens, coarsely chopped and blanched
  19. ½ cup shredded nori
  20. Gochujang, for serving

Steps

  1. Heat 4 Korean stone bowls in a 425ºF oven.
  2. Combine the soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, and green onions in a medium bowl. Add the beef and stir to coat. Season to taste with pepper and marinate for about half an hour.
  3. Combine the rice, 1 quart water, and a generous pinch of salt in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook without disturbing for 19 to 21 minutes, or until the rice is tender and all of the liquid has been absorbed.
  4. Combine the shiitakes and ½ cup hot water in a small bowl and let soak for 10 to 12 minutes, or until rehydrated and pliable. Remove the shiitakes to a cutting board, trim off and discard the stems, and thinly slice the caps.
  5. Heat a wok over high heat until very hot but not smoking. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and swirl to coat the bottom of the wok. Add half of the beef mixture and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until just cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cook the remaining beef in the same manner. Stir in the sesame seeds.
  6. Cook the eggs sunny side up with the remaining tablespoon of vegetable oil in a nonstick pan.
  7. Carefully transfer the stone bowls from the oven to trivets. Using a heatproof brush, coat each bowl with 2 teaspoons of the sesame oil. Immediately divide the rice among the bowls. Arrange the zucchini, carrot, bean sprouts, greens, shiitakes, beef mixture, and eggs decoratively atop the rice. Drizzle with the remaining teaspoon of sesame oil, top with the nori, and serve immediately. Pass a small bowl of gochujang on the side.
  8. Add as much chile paste as you like, stir it all together, and dig in.