Spring Bibimbap
Serving Size 4
Prep Time 60 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
Inspired by: Alpha Foodie & Wander Cooks
- 2 cups short-grain brown rice
- 1 package of Nasoya Plantspired Korean-Inspired Sweet Chili Toss’ables
Sauce:
- 2 tbsp gochujang
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp plum syrup
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
Toppings, quantities are customizable!
- Cucumber sesame salad:
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
- 2 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp gochugaru
- Spiralized carrot
- Golden Enoki mushrooms
- Spinach
- Nasoya Kimchi
- Red cabbage
- Colored mung bean sprouts:
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- a handful of shredded red cabbage for purple color
- 1 small beetroot for pink/reddish color
- Green onion, chopped
- Shelled edamame
- Radish microgreens
- Broccoli microgreens
- Toasted sesame seeds
Preparation
- To color the mung beans pink, add a handful of sprouts to a bowl with a few slices of beetroot and cover with hot water. Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar and stir. Leave them to rest for about 1 hour. The longer you wait, the deeper the color would be. For a purple color, duplicate the process with purple cabbage
- To prepare the cucumber sesame salad, mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Cut the cucumber into slices, then add it to the bowl and mix well until coated.
- Prepare brown rice according to package instructions.
- Prepare gochujang bibimbap sauce by whisking together all ingredients.
- Wilt the spinach by covering it with hot water for 1-2 minutes. Squeeze out excess water.
- Saute carrots with sesame oil for 2 minutes until slightly softened.
- Prepare enoki mushrooms by slicing off the root at the bottom of each bunch. Saute in sesame oil for 2 minutes until soft.
- Assemble a bowl with your desired ingredients!