Dishes
Bibimbap
BEE-bim-bahp
Also Known As Goldong-ban
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A Korean rice dish topped with an array of seasoned, separately prepared vegetables (namul), chili pepper paste (gochujang), often a fried or raw egg and sliced meat, all mixed together at the table before eating. The name means, literally, mixed rice.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the earliest textual reference, under the name hondon-ban, in the Yeokjogumun section of Historical Notes of Gijae by Bak Dongnyang, written around 1590; the first known bibimbap recipe under that name appears later, in the anonymous 19th-century cookbook Siuijeonseo. Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account Cross-Tradition Connections
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Kimchi, Dishes Kimchi is among bibimbap's standard namul toppings.
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