Tried & Tested: Kimchi Fried Rice (김치 볶음밥)

Kimchi Fried Rice (김치 볶음밥)

Things you will need:-
1. Roasted Sesame Seeds
2. Sesame Oil
3. Olive Oil
4. Red pepper paste (고추장)
5. Chopped kimchi (with some juice)
6. Chopped onions
7. Diced Luncheon Meat (may replace with anything you like for e.g. tuna, sausages, spam etc)
8. Cooked white rice (approx 1-2cups, depends on how many people you're serving)











First, cook the desired amount of rice in a rice cooker. Then, chopped/diced the kimchi, onions and luncheon meat into bite-sized.



Heat up some sesame oil + olive oil in a pan. After the oil is heated up, throw in the onions and cook it for about 45seconds.





After that, add the kimchi and continue to stir-fry for about 2-3mins till the flavour comes out. You should be able to smell the rich aroma of kimchi in your kitchen ^^


You can choose to add your luncheon meat along with the kimchi/onion can cook it together or you can cook it in a separate pan like what we did.




Pour the luncheon meat back to the pan with kimchi/onion and continue to stir-fry for about 1 minute.






Add the cooked rice, kimchi juice and a tablespoon of red pepper paste into the pan. You can choose to put more red pepper paste if you want your fried rice to be spicy. If you do not want your fried rice to be spicy, omit the red pepper paste.


Give it a good stir and make sure the colour of the rice is even. At this point, taste your rice. If it's not salty enough, add a little soy sauce or salt accordingly.


Fry 2 eggs or more and garnish the rice with some roasted sesame seeds. You can even add cheese/shredded seaweed! U can choose to add a little more sesame oil to make it more flavourful. (I LOVE SESAME OIL!)


Tada, your kimchi fried rice is done!


To make a tasty kimchi fried rice, the kimchi used is very important. I would recommend you buy those handmade kimchi from korean restaurants/stalls/marts. The one we're using is from this Korean food stall at West Mall. We got 500g at $6. You can also choose to make your own kimchi. Personally, I used the recipe from Maangchi to make mat kimchi which is really easy to make. Check out the recipe here!