Kongnamul Bap (Soybean Sprout Mix Rice)

Whenever I feel tired or lazy to cook, I will make "One Pot Meal" which doesn't require too much preparation time and easy to make...most importantly taste great too! ;)

 

Today I am going to share this nutritious and absolutely cost friendly one pot dish - Kongnamul Bap.  "Kongnamul" means soybean sprout in English and "Bap" means rice.  Korean believes that soybean sprout help to relieve common cold because it contains lots of vitamin C, minerals and fiber.  They also steam the soybean sprouts to get its juice and drink it with honey when having cold.

 

The soybean sprouts give some nutty flavor to the rice and the seasoning sauce adds great flavor to the rice.  Add an egg and mix together for more flavor and for vegetarian, you can skip the meat and substitute with chopped mushroom.

 

 

Serving: 3 - 4 person

Ingredients:

About 300g Soybean sprouts

1 & 1/2 cup Short grain rice

180g Minced pork (or beef) - Seasoned with pinch of black pepper and salt

1 & 1/2 cup water*

 

Seasoning sauce

2 stalks Spring onion (chopped)

1 green chilli (finely minced)

1/2 tbsp Gochugaru (Korean hot pepper flakes)

1 tsp Finely minced garlic

4 tbsp Soy sauce

1/2 tsp Sugar

1 & 1/2 tbsp Sesame oil

1 tbsp Sesame seed

 

Step by step photos:

 

 

 

1. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper to minced pork.  Mix well and set aside.
2. Wash and discard any brownish rotten soybean sprouts.  Drain well.
3. Wash short grain rice and add water in rice cooker pot (*add a little lesser water compare to the amount you normally add.  This is due to soybean sprout will release water as they cook).
4. Add soybean sprout on top of the rice and seasoned minced pork on top of soy bean sprout. (Spread the minced pork evenly so that it will cook more thoroughly).
5. Close rice cooker lid and press "cook rice" button.  It takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour depends on your rice cooker.
6. While waiting, prepare the seasoning sauce: mix chopped spring onion, green chilli, gochugaru, minced garlic, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
7. Once the rice is cooked, mix and stir in everything in rice cooker gently.
8. Transer to a serving bowl and add the seasoning sauce according to your preference.

*Can choose to add a sunny side up egg and roasted dried seaweed for more flavor.  It taste delicious with kimchi too!