Kimchi Fried Rice

This Kimchi Fried Rice recipe is super simple, quick, and Yummy ! One of the easier healthy kimchi meals you can find! Made with some kimchi, water, cubed ham, some day old cold rice, a good amount of gochujang, salt to taste, a bunch of chopped spring onions, mixed in with some sesame oil. Once the kimchi rice is fully coated with a nice shade of red-orange. You can serve this while it’s still warm with a fried egg on top, garnished with some dry seaweeds for more flavor. You can dress it up a bit or keep it simple. You’re sure to enjoy this dish any which way!

Kimchi Fried Rice Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1 cup kimchi ( chopped )
• Water
• 3 pieces ham ( cubed )
• 4 cups day old rice
• 2 tablespoons gochujang
• Salt to taste
• A bunch of chopped spring onion
• Sesame oil
• A fried egg
• Dry seaweeds for garnishing
• Oil

Steps:

1. In a lightly oiled wok, saute kimchi for 5 minutes. Add a bit of water then continue cooking for 3 – 5 minutes. Mix in ham. Then add in day-old rice and gochujang.
2. Cook until the rice is fully coated with the sauce. Add salt to taste, spring onion, and  sesame oil. Mix well. Take this off the heat.
3. Top with a fried egg and garnish with seaweeds.

How to make Kimchi Fried Rice ?

To make this vibrant looking fried rice bowl with a nice zing of spice in just 3 steps: fry the kimchi in a lightly oiled wok just to ‘wake’ this up and bring out the flavors. Add a bit of water to avoid the kimchi from burning. Once this starts to simmer, mix in the ham and cook these for a few minutes before adding in the day old rice and gochujang. Why old rice? Freshly cooked rice is too soft and soggy, and might turn mush once cooked again right after. If you do not have day-old rice, you can freeze freshly cooked rice that’s been cooled to room temperature before being placed in an airtight container, then frozen for at least 2 – 3 hours. Once the rice has been fully coated with the sauce, and there’s mostly no white spots left, give this a taste. Add salt if needed and some spring onions, and sesame oil. Mix well and then take this off the heat. Scoop the fried rice into a bowl, top with a fried egg, perfect with a garnish of seaweed flakes.

There are also a lot of takes to make this fried rice dish even more filling and special. Like the famous and OG “Kimchi Spam Fried Rice”, there’s also the meaty “Kimchi Pork Belly Fried Rice ”, “Ground Beef Kimchi”, and even the healthier “Kimchi Chicken Fried Rice”. Make it a full vegetarian meal or even a mix of many other meats or cured meats. This fast and easy to make delicious side dish to pair with other meatier mains or  / ‘whole meal’ that you can customize into your preferences is sure to satisfy you!

Questions : 

• Kimchi Fried Rice Calories

For a serving of 30 grams, there are more or less 190 calories. 

• Is kimchi fried rice good for you ?

One of the many healthy meals with kimchi you can make. Kimchi being a fermented vegetable that’s high in Vitamins A, B, C, minerals, iron, and more makes sure the body is well maintained and healthy. It also acts as a natural probiotic that can really help with the body’s digestive system. Do also note that this Korean fried rice can be good for you if you do not use any preservative or cured meats like Spam, luncheon meat, hotdogs, and many more. Use non cured meats like beef, pork, chicken and many others. Add vegetables in. For a low calorie kimchi rice do not use too much oil in the dish.

• Is Kimchi Rice Vegan ?

This fried rice might be vegan, depending on the kimchi’s list of ingredients and many more. It would be best to eat this as a vegetarian option instead. A vegetarian kimchi fried rice recipe can be composed of all of the list of ingredients below except the ham-which you can also find many ‘non’ meat versions of now.

• Additional kimchi fried rice ingredients : 
  • The most popular addition, “Kimchi Rice with Spam” is spam chopped into bite-sized pieces and cooked before cooking the rice to make sure these are cooked well and are nice and crisp. Following the steps, use this as a replacement or addition to ham.
  • Kimchi Fried Rice with Cheese – at the end of cooking this, top the rice with a good amount of shredded cheese, cover. Let this melt at low heat for a few seconds to a minute.
  • “Kimchi Tuna Fried Rice” is another popular choice of meat to use since its not only affordable and easy to find, these are also flavorful and depending on the type of ‘flavor’ it can really add into the dish.
  • For more added fiber try adding / sautéing broccoli and or cauliflower to make “Kimchi Fried Rice with Broccoli” & “Kimchi Cauliflower Fried Rice”.
  • For a simple Kimchi Pork Fried Rice ( Kimchi Pork Recipe ), try using chopped up pork belly seasoned with salt and pepper or already marinated. Cook these until the beef changes in color before adding in the kimchi and other ingredients.
  • Add some protein, without needing to add meat by scrambling some eggs for “Kimchi Egg Fried Rice”. Take the scrambled eggs out and cook the fried rice as stated in the recipe, adding in the eggs at the end with the spring onions.
  • Or try this “Chicken Kimchi Fried Rice” where you can use either ground chicken (that’s seasoned then cooked before making the rice), or already cooked and seasoned chicken, aka store bought chicken that’s been shredded to shorten the cooking time.
  • Another meaty option is to make “Kimchi Beef Fried Rice” using either ground beef or beef slices that’s been seasoned with at least salt and pepper or marinated with bulgogi sauce for that savory and sweet taste.
  • For a sweeter note, some actually toss some pineapple chunks, fresh or from the can that’s been strained to make “Kimchi Fried Rice with Pineapple”. This version is slightly fruity and has just a good amount of sweetness and tartness.

Other Yummy Rice based Recipes!

• Omurice ( a Japanese egg omelet that envelops some savory rice )
• Spam Rice
• Cheesy Chicken Rice
• Chorizo Fried Rice
• Gimbap ( Korean Rice Roll )
• Yang Chow Fried Rice
• Easy Sushi Bake

Kimchi Fried Rice Resipi: (Tagalog version)

• 1 tasa kimchi ( hiniwa ng maliliit )
• Tubig
• 3 piraso ham ( hiniwa )
• 4 tasa malamig na kanin ( ang tirang kanin na pinalamig)
• 2 kutsarang gochujang
• Asin panlasa
• Mga hiniwang dahon ng sibuyas
• Sesame oil
• Isang pritong itlog
• Tuyong seaweeds pang dekorasyon
• Mantika

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa palayok na may konting mantika. Lutuin ang kimchi ng 5 minuto. Dagdagan ng konting tubig at lutuin ito ng 3 – 5 minuto. Haluan ng ham. Pagkatapos, haluan ng malamig na kanin at gochujang.
2. Lutuin hanggang matakpan ang mga kanin ng sarsa. Haluan ng asin panlasa, dahon ng sibuyas, at sesame oil. Tanggalin sa init.
3. Ihanda na may pritong itlog sa taas at dekorasyonan ng seaweeds.