🇰🇷 Korean

Squid Kimchi Fried Rice

Name: Squid Kimchi Fried Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Garlic; 300 g Rice; 2 Eggs; 2 tbsp Sesame Oil; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 400 g Squid; 1 tsp Gochugaru; 200 g Kimchi

🇰🇷 Korean

A one-pot rice dish where squid perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. About 27 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 17 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1, finely chopped
Rice300 g
Eggs2
Sesame Oil2 tbsp
Stock or Broth600 ml
Squid400 g
Gochugaru1 tsp
Kimchi200 g

Optional extras

Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Sesame Oil in a wide pot, soften the garlic, and bloom the gochugaru for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the squid, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with perilla leaves.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: KOREAN SQUID KIMCHI FRIED RICE · on YouTube