Learning to Cook: Diary Entry #1 - Gyeran Bap
Hi all! I made gyeran bap today. I've always loved eggs, rice, & soy sauce, so I wanted to try making the staple Korean style after seeing some pictures online that looked delicious.
Fried eggs, short grain rice, and kimchi. I seasoned the rice with some furikake and a little soy sauce. I seasoned the eggs with soy sauce, sesame seeds, green onion - and diverged from the recipe a bit to add chili crisp (wanted a little heat, and the aesthetic value of Lao Gan Ma is off the charts).
Areas which needed improvement: First and foremost, I broke the yolk on my first egg when cracking. Then, either my rice cooker is too big, or I didn't use enough water, but my rice was hard and sticky on the bottom layer (more so than short grain should be). I also forgot to add the butter to the rice until the end, so it didn't spread out as far as I wanted.
Overall rating: 4/5 - for how simple this meal is, it's quite delicious, filling, and comforting. It's no secret at this point, but eggs and rice are a match made in heaven. The yolk mixes well with the rice, fluffing it up and giving it a good texture. Both eggs and rice are excellent vessels for nearly any sauce and seasoning combination you could think of. One part of this meal that I was particularly proud of was adding chili crisp - while this dish certainly wasn't short on aromatics, between the sesame seeds and green onion, the chili crisp added a really pleasing smell to the eggs, and the light heat & subtle flavor elevated the eggs & rice.