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Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked white rice, preferably short grain, kept hot
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp sesame seeds
• 8¾ oz beef tenderloin or thick steak, very finely sliced
• 1/4 green apple, grated
• 3 garlic cloves, minced, for the beef
• 1 tsp minced ginger
• 1 tbsp soy sauce, for the beef
• 1 tbsp honey (or brown sugar)
• 2 tsp toasted sesame oil, for the beef
• 2 large carrots, cut into 2 in x ¼ in batons
• 2 large zucchini, cut into 2 in x ¼ in batons
• 1 bunch spinach, cut into 2 in lengths
• 8 large dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and sliced
• 4 cups bean sprouts
• 2 tsp minced garlic (3 cloves), for the vegetables
• 8 tsp vegetable oil, divided
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce, for the vegetables
• 1/4 tsp fish sauce (or extra soy sauce)
• 1/4 tsp white sugar, for the vegetables
• Toasted sesame oil, extra, for the vegetables
• 4 tbsp gochujang paste
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce, for the sauce
• 3 tsp white sugar, for the sauce
• 1 garlic clove, finely grated, for the sauce
• 2 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil, for the sauce

Method

1. Marinate the beef with the grated apple, minced garlic, ginger, soy sauce, honey and 2 teaspoons sesame oil for 20 minutes.
2. Stir all the sauce ingredients together — gochujang, mirin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, grated garlic and sesame oil — and set aside.
3. Cook each vegetable separately in a little of the vegetable oil: carrots and zucchini for 2-3 minutes until just tender, spinach and bean sprouts for 1-2 minutes until wilted or just softened, and mushrooms for 3 minutes. Season each lightly with the vegetable garlic, salt, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and a drop of sesame oil as appropriate, and keep them in separate piles.
4. Sear the beef in a hot pan for 2-3 minutes until browned and just cooked.
5. Fry the eggs in the remaining oil until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny.
6. Divide the hot rice among four bowls. Arrange the beef and each vegetable in neat sections over the rice, and place a fried egg in the centre of each bowl.
7. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with the sauce. Mix everything together at the table before eating.

Prep: 40 min · Cook: 30 min · Total: 70 min

Nutrition (per serving, where published)