Gyeran Bap – Korean Egg Rice. Simple steamed white short grain rice with a fried egg over top, seasoned with soy sauce, green onion, sesame seeds, sesame oil and butter. Easy to make and simply delicious. Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Ready in just 10 minutes if you already have cooked rice.
Now if you ask any Korean person about this dish, you’ll learn that each household has their own version of this simple dish. Some people add butter, some don’t or some add gochujang. It’s really all up to you. But I’m going to share a Korean egg soy sauce rice that is easy, accessible, and basic so that if you want to jazz it up you totally can!
I first learned about this dish through a Korean show and they kept saying ‘gyeran bap’ and I had to google it. Soon I had fallen down a rabbit hole of gyeran bap and I wanted to make my own simplistic version of this dish. And now I’m going to show you how to make Korean egg rice!
From what I’ve learned this is one of many Korean breakfast recipes! I can totally see why because it’s delicious, filling, hearty and energizing with the rice and the protein from the egg. This Korean rice dish with fried egg is also eaten for lunch or dinner as well.
Easy to make!
This Ganjang gyeran bap (Korean soy sauce egg rice) is quite easy to make and in case you’re wondering what is Ganjang? Well, it means Soy Sauce in Korean. You basically are frying an egg sunny side up or easy over (again the choice is yours), placing it over hot steamed short grain rice that has been mixed with unsalted butter. Then sprinkling sesame seeds, green onion, soy sauce and sesame oil over top.
That’s it! You can have extra soy sauce on the side as desired but that’s the dish. No fuss, no muss.
Tips for making Gyeran Bap
- For best taste, use fresh hot steamed rice that has just been cooked for this Korean egg rice dish. This will help to melt that butter.
- While the rice is still hot, add your butter and give it a good mix to evenly distribute the butter.
- To fry your egg, fry it on a non-stick lightly oiled pan for clean edges on that egg. But if you want crispy edges feel free to add more oil.
- After placing the fried egg over top, season with your aromatics and soy sauce. Feel free to add more soy sauce as desired for this Korean egg rice recipe.
FAQ
What does Gyeran Bap mean?
Gyeran means egg in Korean, and Bap means rice in Korean.
Can I use normal white rice for this Korean egg rice bowl?
You may if you can’t find short grain rice. Just make sure it’s jasmine white rice.
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KOREAN BIBIMBAP
For this recipe
You will need the following ingredients for my gyeran bap recipe:
- 1 ½ cups cooked short grain rice
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce, or as much as desired
- One tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp green onions, finely sliced
- One fried egg, sunny side up
- ½ tsp cooking oil
How to make Gyeran Bap
- Cook your rice according to package instructions. Once cooked, mix with butter until well combined. Transfer to a serving bowl.
- In a non-stick pan set over medium heat, add cooking oil and fry your egg sunny side up or easy over (the choice is up to you). If you enjoy eggs with crispy edges, add more oil. If you like eggs without crispy edges, only lightly grease the pan. Fry the egg until the whites are cooked but the yolks are runny. Place egg over top of buttered rice.
- Next sprinkle sesame seeds over top, sesame oil, chopped green onions and soy sauce, as much as desired for the latter.
- Mix the egg into the rice along with the other ingredients and enjoy!
Give it a try!
Well, I hope you give my Gyeran Bap a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.
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Korean Egg Butter Rice with Soy Sauce (Gyeran Bap)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups cooked sushi rice
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp regular soy sauce or to taste
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp green onion finely sliced
- 1 fried egg sunny side up
- ½ tsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- Cook your rice according to package instructions. Once cooked, mix with butter until well combined. Transfer to a serving bowl.
- In a non-stick pan set over medium heat, add cooking oil and fry your egg sunny side up or easy over (the choice is up to you). If you enjoy eggs with crispy edges, add more oil. If you like eggs without crispy edges, only lightly grease the pan. Fry the egg until the white is cooked but the yolk is runny. Place egg over top of buttered rice.
- Next sprinkle sesame seeds over top, sesame oil, chopped green onions and soy sauce, as much as desired for the latter.
- Mix the egg into the rice along with the other ingredients and enjoy!
Notes
While the rice is still hot, add your butter and give it a good mix to evenly distribute the butter.
To fry your egg, fry it on a non-stick lightly oiled pan for clean edges on that egg. But if you want crispy edges feel free to add more oil.
After placing the fried egg over top, season with your aromatics and soy sauce. Feel free to add more soy sauce as desired for this Korean egg rice recipe.
Ooh... that egg is just absolute perfection! Sunny side up eggs are my favorite, and I can't believe how fast this is done if you've already got some cooked rice ready to go. What a perfect dish for a busy weeknight!
Yum! This was so good, easy and fast. It was just what I wanted for breakfast this morning. Followed your recipe exactly and served with some sesame seaweed snacks on the side. Thank you for jazzing up my morning!
So glad you enjoyed this! Thank you for making my recipe!
My new go-to for a satisfying meal. Thanks so much for this!
Thank you so much for your kind comment Ann! I am so happy you enjoyed it 🙂
I enjoyed this recipe, super easy to make and tasted great! Thanks for sharing.
I am so happy to hear this Rachel! Thank you for making my recipe and sharing your comment with me! - Christie
Delicious! We didn’t have green onions and sesame seed so I didn’t add any, but we had some ssamjang. The taste was not quite there yet, I thought it needed something sweet to balance it out so I added some honey. All I can say is peeerfect 👌🏼
Awesome! Thanks so much for making my recipe Alexa! I like how you added some honey!