Easy Kimchi Fried Rice

plated kimchi fried rice with sunny side egg

Simply stir-fry kimchi with leftover rice and top with a sunny egg. Spicy and delectable!

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Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Entree, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: Asian, Korean

Keyword: fried rice, kimchi

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: 3 people

Calories: 233kcal

Equipment

frying pan or wok
spatula

Ingredients

2 cups Cooked Rice Use leftover short grain or medium grain rice which is a little "stickier" than long grain rice.
1 cup Kimchi chopped
2 ½ tablespoons Kimchi Juice
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
¼ cup Onion diced
2 cloves Garlic minced
1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
¼ tsp Gochugaru optional
2 sunny-side-up eggs
Scallions garnish
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Optional - 1/2 cup diced protein of your choice such as chicken, pork, or tofu
Optional - 3/4 tbsp soy sauce
Sunny or Over Easy Egg Topping; optional

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Instructions

Heat vegetable oil in a large pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and minced garlic, and sauté until fragrant. Chop the kimchi up into bite sizes.
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil, 2 cloves Garlic, ¼ cup Onion
Add the cold, leftover rice and press it down gently to break it up and mix with the sautéed garlic and onion. Let the rice sit for a minute and begin to toss it to heat up all the rice grains.
2 cups Cooked Rice
After a few minutes, push the rice to the side to make room for the kimchi. Add the chopped kimchi to the pan and let it sit to sear and heat up for two minutes.
1 cup Kimchi
Pour in the sesame oil over the kimchi. Leave for one minute.
1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
Then, pour in the kimchi juice over the kimchi.
2 ½ tablespoons Kimchi Juice
Begin to toss the rice and kimchi mixture together to incorporate all the ingredients. Let the rice heat well and separate very well by tossing and mixing with the kimchi, until all the rice grains become red.
Sprinkle the gochugaru and toss it with the rice very well for three minutes.
Stir the rice thoroughly until all ingredients are well integrated and the rice is heated through.
¼ tsp Gochugaru
Taste the fried rice and adjust seasoning if necessary. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
Salt, Pepper
Remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle chopped green onions.
Scallions
In a separate pan, fry one or two sunny-side-up eggs.
2 sunny-side-up eggs
Serve the kimchi fried rice hot, topped with the sunny eggs.
Sunny or Over Easy Egg