Korean Veggie Bibim Bowl
Cool rice, sesame-soy vegetables, seaweed and gochujang.
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This is bibimbap without the egg or meat - cold, light, and the perfect meal-prep bowl. Banchan keeps separately for 3 days; portion and assemble at lunch.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 2 servings.
- 1 cupshort-grain white ricerinsed
- 3 ozbaby spinach
- 1 mediumcarrotjulienned
- 1 cupmung bean sprouts
- ½english cucumberjulienned
- 3 ozshiitake mushroomssliced
- 2 tbspgochujang
- 2 tbspsoy sauce
- 2 tbsptoasted sesame oil
- 2garlic clovesminced
- 2scallionssliced
- 1 tbsptoasted sesame seedstoasted
- 2 sheetsnori (seasoned)torn into strips
- 1 tbspneutral oil
- ½ tspkosher salt
- 1 tspsugar
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 660calories
- 14gprotein
- 99gcarbs
- 24gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Rinse rice; start cooking. Let cool briefly before assembling.
- Julienne carrot and cucumber. Slice shiitake. Mince garlic. Slice scallions. Tear nori.
- Whisk gochujang and 1 tbsp soy and 1 tsp sesame oil and sugar and 1 tbsp water for sauce.
Cook rice
Cook rice per package or rice cooker (~20 min). Let cool 5 min to room temp.
20 min · hands offWilt spinach
Blanch spinach 30 sec in boiling water; drain, squeeze. Toss with sesame oil and pinch salt and garlic and pinch toasted sesame seeds.
2 min · hands onSaute shiitake
Heat neutral oil in small saucepan over medium. Saute shiitake 4 min until soft and browned. Drizzle with soy.
4 min · hands onSeason raw veg
Toss julienned carrot with pinch salt and sesame oil. Toss julienned cucumber with pinch salt and sesame oil. Toss bean sprouts with pinch salt and remaining garlic and pinch toasted sesame seeds (raw quick-pickle style).
3 min · hands onAssemble
Scoop rice into 2 bowls. Arrange vegetables in spokes around the rice. Top with gochujang sauce, scallions, toasted sesame seeds, and nori strips. Mix HARD before eating.
2 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Cube 8 oz extra-firm tofu, sear in sesame oil 4 min per side. Adds about 8 minutes.
Steam 1 cup shelled edamame 3 min, toss with sesame oil and salt. Adds about 3 minutes.
Check label - some tamari contains wheat. Verify GF - many gochujang brands contain wheat.
What keeps
Banchan keeps 3 days fridge. Eaten cold or room temp - perfect meal-prep bowl.
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