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Here is how to make this delicious Rainbow Bibimbap
Ingredients: For this rainbow bibimbap you will need:- Short-grain brown rice
- Eggs
- Fresh veggies – I used carrots, cabbage, bean sprouts, spring onion, Chinese cabbage, broccoli sprouts, spinach
- Mushrooms (I used Golden Enoki mushrooms)
- Hot sauce of choice
- mung bean sprouts
- white vinegar
- shredded red cabbage (for purple color)
- beetroot (for pink/reddish color)
- cucumber
- white vinegar
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- sesame seeds
- sugar (I used coconut sugar)
- chili powder
- spring onions
Rainbow Vegetarian Bibimbap
This Delicious Rainbow vegetarian bibimbap recipe is the perfect meal in a bowl! With a variety of taste, texture and colour - there is something for everyone and it's surprisingly easy to put together!
Ingredients
For the rainbow bibimbap:
- 1.5 cups short-grain brown rice
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup cucumber sesame salad
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup red cabbage
- 1 cup mung bean sprouts
- 1 cup spring onion
- 1 cup Chinese cabbage
- 1 cup mushrooms I used Golden Enoki mushrooms
- 1 cup broccoli sprouts
- 1 cup wilted the spinach
- sesame seeds
- hot sauce of choice
- a handful of edamame seeds optional
- a handful of radish sprouts optional
- a handful of edible flowers optional
For colouring the sprouts (optional):
- mung bean sprouts
- 1 tBsp white vinegar
- a handful of shredded red cabbage for purple colour
- 1 small beetroot for pink/reddish colour
 For the cucumber sesame salad:
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tBsp sugar I used coconut sugar
- 1/8 tsp chilli powder
- 2-3 spring onions
Instructions
- To colour the mung bean sprouts pink/reddish, add a handful of sprouts to a bowl with a few slices of beetroot and cover with hot water.Add 1 tbsp of white vinegar and stir. Set aside.Leave them to rest for about 1 hour. The longer you wait, the deeper the colour would be. They're a perfect, fun accompaniment for a vegetarian bibimbap
- Before you cook the rice, first make sure to rinse it well so that all the starch gets washed away. About 3-4 times does the trick - this is the key to beautifully fluffy rice! It's best to rinse it until the water becomes perfectly clear. As you can see in the photo below, when you first rinse it, the water is very murky. After 3-4 rinses, the water was clear.Leave the rice to soak in water for 30 mins. Rinse again.To cook 1.5 cups of rice, add 3 cups of water in the saucepan. Bring to a boil.As soon as it's boiling, cover and leave to simmer until all the water is absorbed.The rice is ready when all the water gets absorbed and it becomes fluffy.
-  To prepare the cucumber sesame salad, mix all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.Cut the cucumber into slices or shreds, then add it to the bowl and mix well. Note: instead of adding the cucumber sesame salad to the bibimbap like I did, you can also serve it as a side dish as it delicious on itself.Â
- Prepare the rest of the ingredients: Cut the carrots, cabbage, and spring onion.You can wilt the spinach by covering it with hot water for 1-2 minutes. Then just make sure to squeeze out all the liquid. If you coloured the sprouts using red cabbage then you can use this cabbage within the dish. If not, then you can gently cook it in boiling water for a few minutes, to soften.
- Cook the mushrooms with sesame oil for a few minutes.
- When all your ingredients are ready, you can assemble the rainbow vegetarian bibimbap in a big pan or a wok.Add the rice at the bottom, then arrange all the ingredients on top of it, leaving free space in the centre.Note: When I prepare this dish for my family and friends, I like assembling it all in a big wok. This allows the food to keep warm until it's served. Alternatively, you can divide the ingredients and serve in individual bowls. Cover the middle of the rice with hot sauce - as little or as much as you like.
- Finally, crack open 3 eggs, remove the egg white and place the yolks on top of the hot sauce. Your vegetarian rainbow bibimbap is ready to be mixed and served!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Bowl, Calories: 441kcal, Carbohydrates: 76g, Protein: 15g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 123mg, Sodium: 369mg, Potassium: 912mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 7032IU, Vitamin C: 33mg, Calcium: 133mg, Iron: 4mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Im going to make this minus the egg!!
Great! Let me know what you think 🙂