Kimchi Fried Rice

🥘 Ingredients

• Spam or cooked ham
  1/2 cup
• cooked rice
  2 cups
• crumbled nori seaweed
• eggs
  2
• kimchi
  1 cup
• kimchi juice
  2 tbsp
• salt
• sesame seeds
• small onion
  1/2
• soy sauce
  2 tsp
• toasted sesame oil
  1 tsp
• unsalted butter
  3 tbsp
• vegetable oil
  2 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• cast iron skillet
• spatula

1. 1

   In a cast iron skillet or nonstick sauté pan, melt unsalted butter over medium-low heat and add diced small onion . Cook until onions sizzle, about ⏱️ 2 minutes .

   unsalted butter: 3 tbsp, small onion: 1/2
2. 2

   Add chopped kimchi and kimchi juice . Stir until it comes to a boil, about ⏱️ 3 minutes .

   kimchi: 1 cup, kimchi juice: 2 tbsp
3. 3

   Add diced Spam or cooked ham and cook until sauce is nearly reduced, about ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   Spam or cooked ham: 1/2 cup
4. 4

   Add cooled cooked rice (preferably short-grain) to the pan, breaking it up with a spatula . Turn heat to medium and stir until rice absorbs sauce and is steaming hot, about ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   cooked rice: 2 cups
5. 5

   Stir in soy sauce and toasted sesame oil . Lower heat slightly and let rice sit untouched to crisp on the bottom while cooking eggs.

   soy sauce: 2 tsp, toasted sesame oil: 1 tsp
6. 6

   In a separate small skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium heat. Fry eggs sunny-side up and season with salt .

   vegetable oil: 2 tsp, eggs: 2, salt
7. 7

   Divide rice into bowls, top with fried eggs, and garnish with crumbled nori seaweed and toasted sesame seeds .

   crumbled nori seaweed, sesame seeds