Dinner · 15 min · Amounts not specified
Kimchi fried rice
The leftover-rice reason kimchi exists in the fridge.
The sheet · 2 bowls · 15 min
easyWhy tonight. The leftover-rice reason kimchi exists in the fridge.
What it needs
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- kimchi
- rice
- eggs
- scallion
- sesame oil
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: nori.
Method
- Hot pan, cold leftover rice, chopped kimchi and a little of its brine.
- Push aside, scramble eggs, then sesame oil and scallion.
- It should smell fermented and toasted, not steamed. A fried egg on top if you have one more.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 1 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishThe foundations — how pan heat and timing decide whether a scramble is custard or rubber.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- kimchi
- Sour, spicy and funky, and older is better for cooking.
- rice
- Starch that either steams or fries, and the two want opposite things.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- scallion
- Two ingredients on one stalk.
- sesame oil
- A seasoning, not a cooking oil.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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