Kimchi Fried Rice
Easy Kimchi Fried Rice
Making fried rice at home is surprisingly easy when you use store-bought Kimchee as the base and jazz it up with Spam or other leftover proteins. K-Mama Sauce is available at your favorite Korean grocery store, Target, and Amazon.
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- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried chili pepper gochugaru if you have it
- 1/2 cup white onion chopped
- 1/2 cup Spam cubed or other protein
- 1/3 cup kimchi or other pickled vegetables
- 1/4 cup K-mama Sauce
- 1 cup white rice day old or frozen
- 2 tsp pickled jalapeno slices chopped, you can save a few whole slices to garnish
- 1/4 cup green onions 1 Tbsp reserved for garnish
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Add oil to skillet with chili pepper and chopped onions. Cook for 3 minutes.
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Add Spam and brown until you get some crispy bits.
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Add kimchi and any other pickled vegetables and saute with K-Mama Sauce.
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Add white rice and mix and combine with pickled jalapeno and garnish with green onions.
Calories: 611kcalCarbohydrates: 82gProtein: 15gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 938mgPotassium: 482mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 306IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
Fried rice is such an easy and versatile recipe for a quick weeknight dinner. And if you’ve never made it before, kimchi fried rice is surprisingly easy when you use store-bought kimchi as the base and jazz it up with Spam or other leftover proteins like cubed pork, tofu, or leftover chicken or ground pork sausage. This easy kimchi fried rice calls for locally madK-Mama Sauce and you can find this chili paste-based sauce at your favorite Korean grocery store, Target, or Amazon. I hope you’ll give this flavorful dish a try! It’s perfect served with a scallion pancake.
Kimchi is something I have come to later in life, but I wished I had tried it in my twenties as its the base for so many easy meals. It’s spicy, tangy, and full of umami with all the fermented vegetables. As a gardener who grows cabbage and carrots, adding garlic, ginger, and Korean red pepper flakes (gochugaru) with fish sauce and salt has made making a version of Kimchee something I have experimented with at home.
Besides Kimchi fried rice, you can use Kimchi as a base for fried eggs or mix it into scallion pancakes. Try adding it to store-bought Ramen to jazz it up or serving it alongside roast pork or barbeque grilled chicken. Are you a taco fan? Try adding either the Kimchi fried rice leftovers as a base for your taco or just adding the kimchi itself for an asian twist and use the K Mama Sauce Korean sauce instead of the usual salsa preparation. Some crazier but equally tasty uses are adding it to a grilled cheese or quesadilla for a savory spicy upgrade or adding the kimchi juice to a Bloody Mary for a flavor upgrade that can be out of this world.
Easy Kimchi Fried Rice
Making fried rice at home is surprisingly easy when you use store-bought Kimchee as the base and jazz it up with Spam or other leftover proteins. K-Mama Sauce is available at your favorite Korean grocery store, Target, and Amazon.
Prevent your screen from going dark
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried chili pepper gochugaru if you have it
- 1/2 cup white onion chopped
- 1/2 cup Spam cubed or other protein
- 1/3 cup kimchi or other pickled vegetables
- 1/4 cup K-mama Sauce
- 1 cup white rice day old or frozen
- 2 tsp pickled jalapeno slices chopped, you can save a few whole slices to garnish
- 1/4 cup green onions 1 Tbsp reserved for garnish
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Add oil to skillet with chili pepper and chopped onions. Cook for 3 minutes.
-
Add Spam and brown until you get some crispy bits.
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Add kimchi and any other pickled vegetables and saute with K-Mama Sauce.
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Add white rice and mix and combine with pickled jalapeno and garnish with green onions.
Calories: 611kcalCarbohydrates: 82gProtein: 15gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 938mgPotassium: 482mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 306IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
