Bibimbap: Korean mixed rice with ground beef and assorted vegetables

meat (beef or chicken)

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Tofu is a plant-based protein, while ground pork is often less expensive than beef.

Prepare the cooked short grain white rice.

Slice the onion, zucchini, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and Korean cucumbers.

Chop the perilla leaves and prepare the soybean sprouts and spinach.

Soak the dry eggplant in water until rehydrated, then slice.

In a pan, cook the ground beef with soy sauce, brown sugar, rice wine, minced garlic, sesame oil, and grated Korean pear until fully cooked.

In a separate bowl, mix the bibimbap sauce ingredients: gochujang, sesame oil, sugar, water, toasted sesame seeds, apple cider vinegar, and minced garlic.

In a serving bowl, layer the rice, cooked ground beef, and assorted vegetables on top.

Drizzle the bibimbap sauce over the dish and top with a fried or raw egg.

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