Vegan Korean Bibimbap (Mixed Rice Bowl) with Gochujang Sauce

5 from 5 votes

Bibimbap is one of my go-to’s whenever I’m in a Korean restaurant because of how easily it can be made vegan yet still packed full of flavour. It’s a Korean mixed rice bowl, which usually contains a lot of different veggies, all coated in the really umami and spicy gochujang sauce.

I also topped mine with a vegan fried "egg"!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian, Korean

Servings people

Calories 474 kcal

Ingredients

6 cups cooked steamed Japanese or short grain rice
1 cup homemade or store-bought vegan kimchi , homemade kimchi recipe here
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup sliced zucchini
1 cup sliced mushrooms or tofu
1 cup beansprouts or beansprout salad (kongnamul, homemade recipe here)
1 cup spinach or spinach salad (sigumchinamul)
1/4 cup sliced scallions optional for topping
1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds optional for topping
Toasted sesame oil for drizzling
Additional topping: vegan fried "egg" (check out my recipe)

Gochujang Sauce

2 tbsp gochujang
2 tbsp water
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
1/2 tsp Roasted sesame seeds

Instructions

Sauté the veggies and mushrooms/tofu separately in a non-stick pan. Season them with some salt and sesame oil, to taste. Finish off with sesame seeds.
Assemble the bowls by placing the place. Top with the cooked tofu/mushrooms and veggies. Plus a vegan fried "egg", if you'd like! Add in 1-2 tbsp gochujang sauce (feel free to adjust depending on desired spice) for each bowl and finish off with sesame seeds, drizzle of sesame oil, and chopped scallions, if using.
Mix everything together and enjoy!

Gochujang Sauce

Mix everything together until smooth! Feel free to add/lessen water depending on desired consistency.

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Notes

Vegetables

I sliced all veggies and mushrooms into strips, but you can slice them however way you like.
Feel free to use whatever veggies you have available!
You can also use any banchan (Korean side dishes) you have available.

Stone Bowl or Dolsot

If you have a Korean stone bowl or dolsot, you can toast the rice with sesame oil to make a ‘dolsot’ bibimbap!

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