Culinary Arts Month Recipes: Bi Bim Bap Bowls

INGREDIENTS:

You’ll need:
2 lbs beef sirloin

For marinade:
½ cup soy sauce
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ginger puree
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 pureed apple
½ spanish onion, minced

Garnish:
4 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup fine julienned kimchi
3 carrots, fine julienne
2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
1 english cucumber julienned
12 oz cremini mushrooms, thin sliced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon sesame oil

To prepare:

1. Combine all marinade ingredients, stir and pour it over thinly sliced beef. Let the mixture sit overnight in the fridge. 

2. The next day, add a cup of water to a pot and bring to a boil. Add in brown rice and stir occasionally.

3. While the rice is cooking, drain beef from marinade in a separate bowl and quickly saute.

4. Heat sesame oil in a saute pan and add all garnish vegetables. Stir fry for a minute or two.

5. Check the rice to if it is fully cooked and turn off the stove.

6. To assemble, add brown rice to a bowl and top with sauteed vegetables and bulgogi beef.