Korean Bibimbop - Rice and Vegetable Medley

Bibimbop is one of the most popular Korean dishes. For the purposes of our September 2008 Gourmet Club, each person coming should make one of the following six parts of the dish: 1) Beef, 2) Zucchini, 3) Cucumber, 4) Carrot, 5) Spinach, 6) Egg, and 7) Daikon Turnip. Let's plan on doubling the recipe since the recipe below is to serve 4. On the evite, let us know which you plan to make so we don't have overlap. However, here I will also write up the entire recipe (some of which I'll prepare for Gourmet Club) for future reference:

1) Beef
Ingredients: 10 ounces of lean beef, 2 T soy sauce, 1 T rice wine, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 t sesame oil, pinch of black pepper, 1 t sugar
Instructions: mince beef and tenderize it by beating it with the dull side of a knife. Add all ingredients, mix thoroughly. In a frying pan or skillet, cook until browned.

2) Zucchini
Ingredients: 2 medium zucchinis, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 T vegetable oil, pinch of salt
Instructions: scrub zucchini and clean well. Half the zucchini, Cut into thin slices, Using 1 tablespoon of oil, a pinch of garlic, and a pinch of salt, saute lightly over a low flame.

3) Cucumber
Ingredients: 2 medium cucumbers, pinch of salt, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 t rice vinegar
Instructions: clean and slice cukes into thin slices. Using a pinch of salt, a pinch of crushed garlic, and 1 t of rice vinegar, mix well with cukes.

4) Carrot
Ingredients: 4 oz carrots
Instructions: clean and shred the carrots in a food slicer. In a saucepan with boiling water, blanch until semi-hard, about 2 minutes.

5) Spinach
Ingredients: 4 oz spinach, 1 t of salt, 1 T soy sauce, 1 t sesame oil, 1 t sesame salt, 1 t crushed garlic, 1/2 t minced scallions
Instructions: prepare spinach by cutting off roots and separating leaves. In boiling water, dissolve salt and blanch spinach for 1 minute. turn spinach over once in the boiling water and strain immediately. rinse thoroughly with water. in mixing bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients and mix spinach in well.

6) Eggs
Ingredients: 4 eggs
Instructions: Fry eggs sunny side up.

7) Daikon Turnip
Ingredients: 4 oz daikon turnip, pinch of salt, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 t rice vinegar
Instructions: clean and slice daikon turnip into thin slices. Using a pinch of salt, a pinch of crushed garlic, and 1 t of rice vinegar, mix well with daikon turnip.


8) Red Pepper Sauce:
Ingredients: 2 T red pepper paste, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 t rice vinegar, 1 t water, 1 t sesame oil
Instructions: using a wooden spoon, mix together 2 T red pepper paste, pinch of crushed garlic, 1 t rice vinegar, 1 t water, 1 t sesame oil

In each of the four bowls, place a small mound of rice, then make an even arrangement of all the parts. Add red pepper sauce to your liking.