Ingredients
- 1 pound sliced rib eye (or boolgogi beef)
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 garlic cloves
- minced
- About 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (optional)
- 2 bundles of spinach
- trimmed and thoroughly washed
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove
- minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 10 shiitake mushrooms
- sliced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove
- minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Water
- 1 pound soybean sprouts (see Notes)
- washed and trimmed
- if desired
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove
- minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove
- minced
- 2 medium Korean zucchinis
- Korean julienned or che cut
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 garlic clove
- minced
- 1/2 pound fern bracken (see Notes)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 medium carrots
- Korean julienned or che cut
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 cups of short grain rice
- cooked
- 5 eggs
- fried sunny side up
- 5 sprigs crown daisy leaves (soot)
- Seasoned Chili Paste (optional) or sesame oil an
Instructions
- For the Beef:
- Marinate the sliced rib eye in soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and garlic for at least 30 minutes.
- Stir-fry the meat until thoroughly cooked, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the black pepper, if you like.
- Set aside.
- For the Spinach:
- Blanch the spinach by quickly dunking the leaves in boiling water.
- Rinse immediately in cold water to stop cooking.
- In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add the garlic and stir-fry for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add spinach.
- Remove from heat, add salt, and toss.
- Set aside.
- For the Mushrooms:
- 1 If using dried mushrooms, soak them in water for about 1 hour before slicing.
- 2 In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add the garlic and mushrooms and stir-fry for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add salt and toss.
- Set aside.
- For the Soybean Sprouts:
- In a medium-sized pot, bring about 1/2 cup of water to a boil.
- Add the soybean sprouts and cover.
- Only some of the spouts will be covered in water.
- The steam will cook the rest.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add the garlic and stir-fry for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add sprouts.
- Remove from heat, add salt, and toss.
- Set aside.
- For the Zucchini:
- In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add the garlic and stir-fry for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add Korean zucchinis and stir-fry for another 2 to 3 minutes until the zucchinis are slightly limp.
- Remove from heat, add salt, and toss.
- Set aside.
- For the Fern Bracken:
- In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add the garlic and stir-fry for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the fern bracken and stir-fry for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add salt, and toss.
- Set aside.
- For the Carrots:
- In a skillet, heat the vegetable oil.
- Add carrots and stir-fry for about 2 to 3 minutes (until carrots soften but do not lose their color).
- Add salt and toss.
- Set aside.
- ASSEMBLY AND PRESENTATION
- Place 1 cup of rice in each of five separate bowls.
- Arrange the vegetables and meat on top of the rice in a circle by color.
- Make sure there are no similar-colored vegetables next to each other.
- Place a fried egg in each bowl.
- Garnish each bowl with a sprig of crown daisy.
- Serve immediately with Seasoned Chili Paste, if you like it spicy, or with sesame oil and soy sauce.
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