Recipe: Delicious Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi Fried Rice. In a nonstick sauté pan or well-seasoned cast-iron skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat, and add onions. Kimchi fried rice is just as easy, but it packs a flavorful punch. This is a great use for leftovers, too.

If there are any leftover rice containers from last night's take out, fried rice begs to be on the menu. If you also have ripe kimchi on hand, there is no better time to make Kimchi Fried Rice. This is a very basic kimchi fried rice, a humble dish made with leftover rice, kimchi, and usually a processed meat like Spam®. You can have Kimchi Fried Rice using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kimchi Fried Rice

1. It's of Kimchi.
2. You need 2 of eggs.
3. Prepare of Cooked rice.
4. Prepare of Spring onion.
5. It's of Oil.

In this recipe I used cubed ham and veggies I had in the fridge. Serve with a sunny side up egg over top if you like. Day old rice is tossed with garlic, ginger, kimchi and gochujang for a slightly spicy yet majorly addictive fried rice. Kimchi fried rice might just be your new favorite.

Kimchi Fried Rice instructions

1. Prepare all the ingredients..
2. Put some oil (bit more oil than normal) in the pan and once the oil is hot put the egg in and stir to mix egg..
3. When the egg is half cooked put the cooked rice in (best to use cooked rice that has been sitting over night so it has dried out). Mix them together in the hot pan then add some kimchi and keep stir frying..
4. Keep stir frying until the rice ‘pops’ meaning all the moisture is out and it is ready. Last step is to add finely chopped spring onion..
5. Here we go! Simple and yummy kimchi fried rice is ready to serve!.

The first time I had kimchi was at a Korean bbq restaurant a few years back. Kimchi fried rice (Kimchi Bokkeumbap, 김치 볶음밥) is a type of Korean fried rice and it is predominantly cooked with kimchi (obviously!) To give it more texture and flavor a variety of meat and/or vegetables are often added. So, when I make my kimchi fried rice I typically add bacon and mushrooms (particularly enoki mushrooms). In a small bowl, whisk together kimchi juice, soy sauce, gochujang and sesame oil. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.