Recipe: White rice and kimchi play well together

Teaming starchy achromatic atom with the high-impact flavors of kimchi results successful a crockery that is temptingly delicious. On its own, kimchi tin beryllium cheekily sour, spicy, and pungent. It’s a concoction of salted and fermented vegetables that is simply a staple successful Korean cuisine. Used successful a stir-fry of sorts on with day-old cooked grains of rice, tames the flames successful an irresistible balance.

Jars of cabbage kimchi tin beryllium recovered successful supermarkets, mostly successful the refrigerated conception that stocks Asian ingredients specified arsenic wonton wrappers. Asian markets often banal a wide assortment of jarred kimchi. Because it’s people fermented, it’s a probiotic powerhouse.

Atop the premix is simply a small, salad-y garnish of greenish onions napped with an Asian-style vinaigrette. It adds appealing texture and flavor.

Kimchi Rice

Yield: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

Green Onion Salad Garnish:

4 ample oregon 5 tiny greenish onions, trimmed, achromatic and airy greenish portions

1 spoon roasted Asian-style sesame oil

1 spoon seasoned atom vinegar

1 spoon toasted sesame seeds

Salt to taste

Rice:

One 16-ounce jar cabbage kimchi, including juice

3 tablespoons canola oregon rootlike oil, positive much if needed

4 cups day-old cooked achromatic rice, spot cook’s notes

1 tablespoonful soy sauce, positive much arsenic needed

Cook’s notes: Leftover atom is somewhat dry, an important trait that allows the grains to soak up the tasty liquid.

PROCEDURE

1. For garnish: Cut greenish onions thinly crosswise connected the diagonal. In medium-small bowl, disturbance sesame oil, vinegar, sesame seeds and salt. Add sliced bulb and toss; acceptable aside.

2. Put kimchi successful sieve oregon colander implicit a vessel and let kimchi to drain. Give sieve a small shingle oregon 2 to get the past of the juices disconnected (reserve juice). Chop kimchi.

3. In ample heavy nonstick skillet, vigor canola lipid connected medium-high heat. Add kimchi and navigator connected precocious heat, stirring present and then, until edges of kimchi go ever truthful somewhat crisp and partially instrumentality to the pan, astir 5 minutes. Crumble atom into the skillet, disturbance to thoroughly combine. Add reserved kimchi foodstuff and cook, stirring frequently, until atom is warmed and is reddish done and done from the kimchi juice, astir 4 to 5 minutes. Add a small much lipid if needed, and stir-fry 2 to 3 further minutes.

4. Remove from vigor and drizzle with soy sauce. Taste and adhd salt/and oregon soy condiment arsenic needed. Transfer to serving vessel oregon service consecutive from skillet. Top with greenish bulb salad.

Source: Adapted from “Small Victories” by Julia Turshen (Chronicle, $35)

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