Sprouts and Rice (Kongnamul bap in Korean) at My Korean Kitchen

Sprouts rice I don’t cook this meal, Sprouts and Rice, very often. The reason is, it is too annoying to trim the sprouts. It is just too much to do. (Am I the only one who trim sprouts? My husband said he never trimmed them before.)

Though it is a cheap, healthy meal and simple to cook. Also very good if you are on diet, because it digests really fast.

There are various ways to cook this meal. However my rice cooker saved my labor again, because it has a special setting for this meal, but a normal rice cooker can make it fine too.

If you don’t have a rice cooker, you can make it in a sauce pan in which you usually boil rice. (The key point in this case is to soak the rice in water for about 30 minutes before you boil the rice, and to put less water than usual when you boil the rice, because when the sprouts cook, some water comes out of them.)

Ingredients for 4 people

-For main meal Sprouts rice ingredients

Rice for 3 people (I used 2 cups of white rice and 1 cup of brown rice - using the cup that came with the rice cooker; This cup is a special cup for rice only)
3 cups of water (using same rice cup)
Sprouts 250g
3 shiitake mushrooms (This is optional)
1/4 a zucchini (Optional)
Pork mince 200g (beef is good too.)

-For meat marinating and seasoning

Pepper 2 sprinkles
Rice wine - 1 tbsp
1 minced garlic
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp

-For sauce (mix them well in a bowl. -To save some time, you can make this while the rice is cooking)

Soy sauce - 4 tbsp
Sesame oil -1tsp
Chili powder - 1/4 tsp
1 stalk of thinly cut spring onion
1 minced garlic

Preparation

Rinse the sprouts and trim the bad beans and tails.
Thin slice the zucchini and mushrooms.
Soak the pork in cold water for 10 minutes. Marinate the pork with pepper and rice wine for 15 minutes.

Cooking

Pre heat the wok.
Add some olive oil and pan fry the garlic.
Add the pork and soy sauce, stir it until it cooks. Then drain the excess liquid (you don’t need to keep it).
Put the rinsed rice in a rice cooker. Add the water.
Add all the vegetables and meat on top of the rice.

6. Press the cook button.

7. When it is done, mix the rice and other ingredients well.

8.serve it the plate.

9. Add the sauce to the rice before you eat and mix it well. Then dig in.

I served it with some Kimchi and salt seasoned laver. It was really good. Also it was very filling for 4 people. I didn’t make a mistake when I wrote 3 cups of rice. Vegetables can make up for it. Trust me.