8 Mouthwatering South Korean Rice Dishes You Must Try

Palak

These mini rice rolls consist of rice, toasted seaweed, and fillings like carrots, pickled radish, and spinach. Unlike traditional gimbap, they are not sliced.

Mayak Gimbap

Literally "mixed rice," this dish combines rice with sliced beef, vegetables, soy sauce, gochujang (chili paste), and a raw egg that cooks atop the hot rice.

Bibimbap

This variety of gimbap includes canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise, mustard, spices, rice, and typical gimbap fillings like vegetables and eggs.

Chamchi Gimbap

A popular street food, this spicy stir-fry includes cylinder-shaped rice cakes, sweet red chili sauce, and fish cakes.

Tteokbokki

Often called Korean sushi, kimbap features seasoned rice and seaweed, rolled with various ingredients such as fishcakes, meat, spinach, eggs, and cucumbers.

Kimbap

Known as five-grain rice, this dish mixes glutinous rice with four other grains and beans, such as millet, sorghum, red beans, and black beans.

Ogokbap

A rice bowl topped with raw fish and fresh vegetables finished with a sweet and spicy sauce made of gochujang, vinegar, garlic, and sugar.

Hoedeopbap

This type of bibimbap features rice cooked with soybean sprouts, often enhanced with ground meat, kimchi, garlic, and sesame oil for added flavor.

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