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April 21, 2017 By Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles 4 Comments

Kimchi Fried Rice

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Friday fried rice #5 is Kimchi Fried Rice!. I wanted to share this kimchi fried rice since I started this fried rice series! Even though Kimchi is Korean food, they are readily available from any super markets in Japan as Japanese people love kimchi. I often buy them too from Japanese or Asian grocery stores in Brisbane. Kimchi fried rice is super easy and quick to make if you have kimchi and left over rice in the fridge.

kimchi fried rice

kimchi fried rice

Kimchi is well known Korean fermented cabbage with a lot of chilli. Kimchi has a lot of health benefits loaded with vitamin A, B, and C, it also has good bacteria, called”lactobacilli”, which helps with digestion and which can also be found in many fermented foods, such as yoghurt. Also, kimchi is so delicious and a great companion dish to plain rice. I try not to stock up kimchi in my fridge because I tend to eat too much rice with kimchi. Kimchi is that delicious! Kimchi can be consumed as  a side dish or used as toppings for pizza, savoury pan cakes, soups, stir fry, and fried rice.

kimchi fried rice

I like to use egg and pork to make Kimchi fried rice because bland pork flavour goes well with rich kimchi flavour and the egg makes the chilli’s hot spiciness slightly more mild. So I use a lot of eggs to make kimchi fried rice but if you like spicy food, you may want to use less eggs. One tip to make sure the kimchi fried rice does not become soggy is to cook the rice a little firmer than usual, because the rice absorbs the liquid of kimchi. If you have already soft and fluffy rice, it will absorb the kimchi liquid and the fried rice becomes soggy. I also used chives to add some colour.  Hope you enjoy Kimchi Fried Rice! Have a lovey weekend.

kimchi fried rice

 

kimchi fried rice

Kimchi Fried Rice

Friday Fried Rice with Kimuchi recipe
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Course: Rice, Rice dish
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 4
Calories: 307kcal
Author: Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 150 g kimchi
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 g thinly sliced pork
  • 1/4 cup chopped garlic chives
  • green shallots to garnish
  • 1 tbs sesame seed oil
  • 1/2 tbs Japanese mayonnaise
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Chop the kimchi into smaller sizes and set aside.
  • Heat 1/2 tbs sesame seed oil in a frying pan over high heat.
  • Cook 2 eggs and add the rice and 1/2 tbs mayonnaise into the frying pan and stir until the rice grains are well separated.
  • Turn the heat off and transfer the cooked rice and eggs to a bowl and set aside.
  • In the same frying pan, heat the remaining sesame seed oil and cook the pork meat.
  • Add the kimchi and garlic chives and stir fry together with the pork meat.
  • Add the rice and eggs back to the frying pan and stir well until all the ingredients are tossed together.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste and serve in a bowl and garnish with green shallots.

Notes

Kimuchi can be bought from any asian grocery stores.
Kimuchi flavour match with pork but it can be replaced with chicken or beef.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 104mg | Vitamin A: 4.6% | Vitamin C: 1.8% | Calcium: 2% | Iron: 3.7%
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Filed Under: Rice Tagged With: chahan, fried rice, kimchi, kimchi chahan, kimchi fried ricde, kimchi yakimeshi, yakimeshi

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Comments

  1. Andreya says

    April 25, 2017 at 9:52 PM

    It’s very easy and quick food to prepare and to eat.thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles says

      April 25, 2017 at 9:54 PM

      Hi Andreya, You are welcome 😀

      Reply
  2. pablo says

    March 18, 2018 at 5:33 AM

    love this kind of rice so yum!

    Reply
    • Chopstick Chronicles says

      March 18, 2018 at 7:59 AM

      Me too! Thank you 🙂

      Reply

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