Easy 20-min. Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi Fried Rice. Delicious, spicy, savory fried rice with kimchi, garlic and onions with your choice of protein and a fried egg on top. Ready in under 20 minutes with leftover rice!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Total Time 18

Course Main Course

Cuisine Korean

Servings

Calories per serving 728 kcal

Ingredients

2.5 cups cooked short grain rice day old (see Notes for how much uncooked rice to use)
1 cup kimchi well-fermented kind, chopped
7 oz spam or sub with bacon/pork belly/hot dogs. If vegetarian, omit completely or sub with tofu.
½ cup onion finely diced
1 green onion finely chopped
1 clove garlic minced
3 tablespoon kimchi juice (from the kimchi jar)
2 teaspoon gochujang
2-3 teaspoon sesame oil toasted
1 teaspoon sesame seeds toasted
1 teaspoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil

Recommended optional toppings:

1 egg fried sunny side up or easy over
3 tablespoon Korean seasoned seaweed flakes or as needed

Instructions

Slice spam into small cubes, about 1 cm x 1 cm.
In a large skillet or large frying pan on medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil or any neutral oil. Fry diced spam or bacon for 2-3 minutes or until lightly golden brown on the edges. Remove and set aside.
On medium high heat, add garlic, white onion and chopped kimchi. Stir fry until onions are translucent and kimchi has released some of its juices, about 45-60 seconds.
Add in day-old cooked rice, kimchi juice, gochujang, sesame oil and mix everything together until rice becomes red in color.
Toss in cooked spam, green onions and sesame seeds. Mix altogether. Remove off heat.
Serve with a fried egg and roasted seaweed flakes (optional but recommended).

Notes

How much uncooked rice do I need?

To make enough rice for this dish, use 240 g uncooked rice.

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