Bibimbap is a rice and vegetable dish mixed with hot pepper paste. Bibimbap is healthy and many varieties of bibimbap exist. Here are some you may be interested to try.

Dolsot Bibimbap (돌솥비빔밥) is bibimbap that is cooked in a black, hot stone bowl. When the bowl is heated, sesame seed oil is poured and the rice comes afterward. Soon the bottom of the bowl will have a crusty, crispy layer of brown rice. Since the bowl is steaming hot, the raw egg is half cooked when it is cracked over the vegetables and rice.

Jeonju Bibimbap (전주비빔밥) consists of rice, steamed spinach, mushrooms, marinated soybean sprouts, pine nuts, thinly sliced carrots, minced beef and red pepper paste. It’s a good way to get your vegetables in your diet and it’s delicious too. The rice, vegetables and red pepper paste is mixed together.

Jinju Bibimbap (진주비빔밤) is a type of bibimbap using raw beef and seasoned with spices, and plentiful amounts of sesame oil. The beef is prepared beforehand and finely shredded. All the blood is removed and seasoned. The seasoned beef is added with thinly sliced cucumbers, marinated spinach, and steamed zucchini.

Nakji Bibimbap (낙지비빔밤) is bibimbap with nakji (낙지). Nakji is a small octopus usually served while living. However with nakji bibimbap, the small octopus has been cut into small pieces and seasoned with sesame oil, salt and red pepper paste. The veggie portion of this dish include dried seaweed, lettuce strips and soybean sprouts.