All-in-1 Ultimate Bibimbap Masterlist

All props to Maangchi for getting us started.  These is our master list of bibimbap and banchan, adapted to our tastes.

Banchan Ingredient choices

• Ground chicken, saute and unseasoned
• Ground beef, marinated and saute - Maangchi bulgogi
• Carrots, matchsticks and seasoned with ginger
• Cukes, rounds or quarters seasoned with sugar, mirin
• Peppers, sliced into chunks and broiled till you like 'em
• Spinach, thawed and seasoned with ginger, garlic, sesame, and soy
• Baby bok choi, big ones halved and small ones whole, saute with sesame oil and soy
• Fernbrake, pressure cook for 30 min then cooled and saute with sesame oil - Maangchi
• Kimchi - our easy kimchi
• Dongchimi - our easy dongchimi (Maangchi clone)
• Mushrooms, saute with soy, garlic, and sesame
• Burdock root, peeled then matchsticks and saute with soy and sesame oil - Maangchi
• Lotus roots, 2 hrs prep using Maangchi's original recipe
• Rice - at least 1 cup per person for this meal and leftovers
• Sauce - either Mom's Ultimate Gochujang Bibimbap or  Funky Doenjang sauce

Steps

1. Start lotus roots at least 2 hrs ahead of meal.
2. Fernbrake next with the instapot for 30 minutes. Then remove, drain, and cool.
3. Thirty minutes before the meal, start the rice.
4. Peel burdock roots, this will take 20 minutes.  Then saute and season.
5. Broil peppers for 5-10 minutes, depending on size and done-ness.
6. Thaw spinach - prep carrots and cukes - then season all 3 simultaneously.
7. Start sauce prep.
8. Saute mushroooms.
9. Saute fernbrake.