Bibimbap

This is again, one of my go to leftover recipes. I use whatever old produce is in the fridge and it's done in fifteen minutes flat (including preparing the rice). John and I watch a lot of chopped and sometimes he pretends to be a judge and presses his eyebrows together and says things like: "I found your presentation to be delightful. Very whimsical." Sometimes he also plates my dinners in abstract ways. Anyway, this was one of our favorites to plate.

 Adapted from Maangchi

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice
• a package of bean sprouts
• a bunch of spinach
• 2 small size of zucchinis
• 5-7 Shiitake mushrooms
• 1 small carrot
• eggs
• soy sauce, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and vegetable oil
• red pepper paste

Recipe:

1. Cook rice. You can use a rice cooker or a stainless pot. Add less water so the rice is drier. I do mine in a pot and once it is cooked I turn the burner on high for a couple of minutes to get the edges toastier like you would get if you were eating it from a stone pot.
2. Next, you need to prepare a large platter to put all your ingredients on. Rinse your bean sprouts Add 1 ts of salt and cook for 10 minutes. Mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt.
   Put it on the platter.
3. Put your spinach in a pot of boiling water and stir it for a minute. Then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil. Put it on the platter
4. Cut 2 small size zucchinis into thin strips, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt, and then mix them together. A few minutes later, sauté them in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent. Put it on the platter.
5. Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil, and put it on the platter.
6. Cut a carrot into strips, sauté it for 30 seconds and put it on the platter.
7. prepare eggs sunny side up.
8. Put your rice In a big bowl, and attractively display all your vegetables. Place the sunny side up egg on the center.
9. Serve it with sesame oil and hot pepper paste.
10. Lastly, mix it up and eat!

 Red pepper paste (gochujang) sauce:
4 tablespoons of Korean red pepper paste (gochujang)
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of sesame oil
3 tablespoons of water.