“Gye ran mal yee” (rolled omelette) and “gye ran jjim” (steamed egg) are very basic Korean egg side dishes. Gye ran mal yee is usually used as a side dish for school lunch boxes.
Rolled omelette
(Gye ran mal yee: 계란 말이)
Ingredients:
3 large eggs, ½ ts salt, a pinch of sugar, ½ chopped medium size onion, ground pepper, vegetable oil.
- Crack 3 large size eggs and put it into a bowl.
- Make egg mixture by adding and beating these ingredients: ½ ts salt, a pinch of sugar, ½ chopped medium size onion, ground pepper
- Heat up a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and spread a little vegetable oil.
- Pour about 1/3 of the egg mixture on the pan and spread it thinly by tilting the pan.
- When it’s cooked, lift the right side edge of the omelette and roll it with a spatula from right to left.
- Repeat this step of 4 and 5 until the egg mixture runs out.
*tip: To make nice yellow rolled omelette, lower the heat and cook it slowly - Make a long rectangle box shape by cooking 4 sides.
- When the omelette cools down, cut it into bite size and serve it with rice.
Steamed egg
(Gye ran jjim: 계란 찜)
Gye gran jjim (steamed egg side dish) is very easy to make if you use a microwave oven.
My grandmother made her gye ran jjim using her special method. She had a huge pot made of cast iron (“ga ma sot” in Korean) with which she made rice or soup. She made her gye ran jjim when she cooked rice at the same time. When her rice was almost done, she lowered the heat to let it simmer, then she put the bowl that contained egg mixture into the pot and closed the lid. Several minutes later, not only her rice but also her gye ran jjim was done. She took her gye ran jjim out from the pot. The steamy gye ran jjim always made my mouth watery and excited!
Ingredients:
3 eggs, ½ cup water, 3 ts of salted shrimp sauce (“sae woo jeot” in Korean) , 2 green onions
- In a microwavable bowl, put 3 cracked eggs, ½ cup water, 3 ts salted shrimp sauce, 2 chopped green onions and stir it with a fork
*Tip: If you don’t have sae woo jeot (salted shrimp sauce), you can use 3 ts of fish sauce. - Put it into the microwave oven and cook it for 5 minutes. Serve it with rice.
If no microwave oven is available, you can steam it. In a large pot, pour about 3-4 cups of water and place the bowl that contains the egg mixture in the center of the pot. Close the lid of the pot and cook it over low-medium heat for about 15 minutes.
Spicy steamed egg
(Mae woon gyeran jjim: 매운 계란찜)
This spicy steamed egg side dish is unusual because hot pepper flakes are used. I learned this recipe from my cousin living in a very southern part of Korea. Sometimes I make it this way and sometimes I make the mild one, which is more authentic gye ran jjim.
Ingredients:
3 eggs, 1/2 cup of water, 1.5 tbs soy sauce, 2 ts hot pepper flakes, ½ tbs toasted sesame seeds powder, 3 green onion or chopped asian chives (bu chu)
- In a microwavable bowl, add 3 cracked egges, ½ cup of water, 1.5 tbs soy sauce, 2 ts hot pepper flakes, 3 chopped green onions, and ½ tbs toasted sesame seeds powder and mix it well with a fork.
- Put it into a microwave oven and cook it for 5 minutes.
- Dribble some sesame oil on top before serving.
or perhaps I will put them in the bowl, then put the bowl in the steamer…would that be better than putting them straight into the pan?
Hi Maangchi! <3 I love both of those egg side dishes! I make the Gye ran mal yee all the time! I havent made the Mae woon gyeran jjim in a while, but I was going to make it tonight. The last time I made it I didnt have a microwave so I cooked it on the stove instead and it turned out wonderfully! I still don't have a microwave but I don't remember if last time I cooked it in the pan with the lid on or off…do you possibly no which way would be better? If not I guess I'll just experiment ^.~! Thank you very much!
You look very pretty in this video and the dress suits you!! I am going to make Gye Ran Mal Yee tomorrow. Will let you know how it turn it :-) Wish me luck ;-)
yes, wish you tons of luck! : )
Does the taste differ, whether you use sae woo jeot or fish sauce ?
I had gye ran jjim for the first time at korean bbq, and I’m sure they used salted shrimp.. I would like to try to make this but would like to know if the taste would be different depending upon the salty ingredient used.
Great recipe as usual. :) I was wondering if the gye ran jjim is like the kind of steamed egg you see in Korean barbeque restaurants? It comes in an earthenware pot like soondubu. Very delicious~
yes, indeed! : )
Check one of my readers Powerplantop’s gyeranjjim video here.
http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/keranjjim-korean-steam-egg
I made Gye ran jjim recently, and it was just as easy and yummy as you say! I steamed the egg in a bowl inside my rice pot on the stove, cooked them both together (15 minutes), and then I ate the rice and the egg together. It was wonderful. But it was very difficult to clean up after–the bits of egg stuck to the bowl were extremely stubborn. It was such an ordeal I haven’t made it since, which is sad. Do you have any tricks for cleaning up?
Use stainless scrubber. http://amzn.to/9YvT5H
That worked really well! Thanks.
aww…I was too greedy to add mushroom in my 계란 말이, and failed to flip it over :p
Don’t give up making nice looking gyeranmari. : )
My mom make something similar that I love but she adds fish egg into it ^^. So good. Ill try to make her these see if she likes it!
I tried making Gyeran Mal Yee a couple of times ! Tasted Great but I need practice on the appearance ! I tried Mae woon gyeran jjim tonight and I LOVE it ! the texture of the eggs was awesome ! I made a large batch of Job Chae (last night) for my lunches this week at work. I was running low on Ojingeochae muchim so i stopped by the Asian Grocery on the way home from work to buy the dried squid.(I have all the other ingredients. Now I learned another wonderful side dish ! Thanks Maangchi . Happy Mothers Day !
“! I tried Mae woon gyeran jjim tonight and I LOVE it ! ” lol, I know you like spicy food! Thank you!
you know..You are so CUTE! hehe
i often use eggs for cooking but i’d never cooked the spicy one,though!
I should try this one :) so excited!!
and Maangchi!! I love your energy !!
Please stay with it
thank you ^^
Thank you, I love you, too!
I just made Gye ran mal yee, i’m eating it right now. And I am loving it.
I didn’t get the good shape for it though :(
But thanks alot, keep on the good work please :)
i was reading through the recipe and noticed i have all the ingredients for the spicy steamed egg! so having the urge to want to rush to the kitchen to try making it now (it’s 12.25am as i type) ..lol !
gonna try it first thing in the morning..thanks loads for the awesome recipes maangchi =)
hope your spicy steamed eggs turned out delicious!
thanks maangchi, the eggs turned out delicous..it was really easy and quick to make!
i took a picture of it and have shared it in the flickr pool ^^
hi, Kelly! wonderful! : ) Thank you for your update!