Bibimbap - Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Assorted Vegetables

Bibimbap - Korean Mixed Rice with Meat and Assorted Vegetables

Ingredients
Meat and meat sauce

•     100g beef mince
•     1 Tbsp soy sauce
•     1 Tbsp sesame oil
•     1 tsp sugar - I used brown sugar
•     ¼ tsp minced garlic

Vegetables and other

•     200g mildly seasoned spinach
•     350g mildly seasoned bean sprouts - (You don't have to use them up if you think it's too much but I love having lots of vegetables on my Bibimbap!)
•     100g shiitake mushroom
•     120g carrots (1 small)
•     1 tsp ground salt (1/2 tsp each will be used when cooking shiitake mushroom and carrots)
•     3 to 4 serving portions of steamed rice
•     3 or 4 eggs (depending on the serving portion)
•     Some vegetable oil to cook the meat, mushroom, carrots and eggs - I use rice bran oil.
•     (Optional) Korean seasoned seaweed, shredded (long thin cut)

Bibimbap sauce - The below sauce might be only enough for 3 servings if you like eating it spicy.

•     2 Tbsp gochujang
•     1 Tbsp sesame oil
•     1 Tbsp sugar - I used raw sugar
•     1 Tbsp water
•     1 Tbsp roasted sesame seeds
•     1 tsp vinegar - I used apple vinegar
•     1 tsp minced garlic

Instructions

    Prepare and cook ingredients as below.
    - For meat, mix the beef mince with the meat sauce listed above. (You can leave the marinated meat for about 30 mins while you are working on other ingredients to enhance the flavour.) Add some vegetable oil into a wok and cook the meat on medium high to high heat. It takes about 3 to 5 mins to thoroughly cook it.
    - Spinach and bean sprouts per linked recipe.
    - Clean/wash the shiitake mushrooms and thinly slice them. Add some vegetable oil and ½ tsp of ground salt in a wok and cook the mushrooms on medium high to high heat until they are all cooked. (It takes 2 to 3 mins.)
    - Wash, peel and julienne the carrots. Add some vegetable oil and ½ tsp of ground salt in a wok and cook the carrots on medium high to high heat for 2 to 3 mins.
    - Make fried eggs. (While sunny side up is common, you can make them per your preference.)
    - Mix the Bibimbap sauce ingredients in a bowl.
    Put the rice into a bowl and add the meat, assorted vegetables, seasoned seaweed, egg and the Bibimbap sauce on top of the rice. Serve it.
    Mix the ingredients well in the bowl and enjoy!