Recipe: Viral TikTok creator Jiny Maeng’s Korean rice bowl with eggs and kimchi recipe for fast Korean cooking

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TikTok star Jiny Maeng makes her favourite Korean rice bowl.
TikTok star Jiny Maeng makes her favourite Korean rice bowl. Credit: Supplied

Jiny Maeng is the Sydney-based creator making waves with her bold food, travel, and lifestyle content.

With over three million followers across Instagram and TikTok, Maeng’s social media star is on the rise.

She’s also nominated for the TikTok Content Creator of the Year and joined The Morning Show to make her favourite Korean rice bowl with eggs and kimchi.

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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups of rice (medium grain white rice)
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 15g butter
  • Neutral oil for frying
  • Kimchi for serving

Method

  1. Cook the rice using your preferred method (rice cooker, stove) and keep warm until serving.
  2. Meanwhile fry the eggs to your liking in a fry pan using a small amount of neutral oil.
  3. When ready to serve place the rice in a small bowl, add the soy sauce, sesame oil and butter to the rice letting the butter melt over the rice to create a sauce.
  4. Add the eggs on top of the rice mixture, break the yolks and mix everything together.
  5. Serve with kimchi.

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