Kimchi Fried Rice

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings

Description

Kimchi fried rice is a delicious way to use leftover rice and kimchi; spice things up with Korean chile paste and top with a fried egg for a quick and easy dinner.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon canola oil
1/4 cup ground beef
1 green onion, sliced, white and green parts separated
1 cup kimchi, drained and chopped
1 tablespoon gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste), or to taste
3 cups cooked short-grain rice
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon butter
1 egg

Directions

1 Heat canola oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add ground beef and green onion white parts; reduce heat to medium. Cook and stir until beef is browned and onion is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
2 Stir kimchi and gochujang into beef mixture; cook until warmed through and fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Add rice; cook and stir until rice is heated through and coated with gochujang, 3 to 5 minutes more.
3 Drizzle sesame oil over rice mixture; stir to coat. Garnish with green onion green parts.
4 Melt 1 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Crack egg into the skillet; cook until white is completely set and yolk is thick, 3 to 4 minutes. Place egg over fried rice.