Albap is a kind of trendy meal that got popular in recent years. I’ve never had this meal at a restaurant before so I don’t know what to expect for its commercial taste. 
I tried this meal last weekend, twice. At first I cooked it in a hot pot (Dduk bae gi - Traditional looking stew pot), but I really needed two pots for two people. It was a bit hard to mix the rice with other ingredients in the pot I had. So the second time I made it in a bowl instead, which made it a lot easier to mix the ingredients, yet I prefer eating in a hot pot. It seems more authentic and tastes better.
Ingredients for 2 people
(Expected prep time - 5 minutes)
- Caviar - 2 tbsp
- (oil drained) Tuna - 125 g
- 2/3 of a peeled cucumber
- 4 crab sticks
- 1/3 a capsicum (I used 1/6 each of yellow and orange capsicums)
- 6 sesame leaves
- Radish sprouts - 10 g
- 2 cups of steamed rice
For sauce (mix these well in a bowl)
- Gochujang - 2 tbsp
- Vinegar (I used apple vinegar) - 1 tbsp
- Sugar (I used dark brown sugar) - 1 tsp
- Minced garlic - 1/4 tsp
- Plum extract - 1 tbsp
You will share the above ingredients between two people.
Steps (You will need two bowls)
- Cut the cucumber, crab sticks and capsicums into small cubes.
- Thin slice the sesame leaves.
- Put the rice into a bowl.
- Put all the ingredients on top of the rice.
- Serve the bowl with the sauce.
- Enjoy the popping feeling.
Excluding adding the caviar part, it is a kind of Bibimbap. However it looks more luxurious, and you are less likely to tire of it. Caviar is quite expensive, though adding little bits of caviar makes a big difference. I paid about 7000 won (US $7.40) for 250 g.
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