Hwedupbap is one of my favorite dishes. I looove raw fish (sashimi in Japanese)!
One order of “hwedupbap” with tofu bean paste soup will be a reasonable meal because it consists of a balanced ratio of all nutrients! However, if you can’t eat raw fish, I recommend the vegetarian version of this dish using tofu.
What if you don’t have tofu? :) Oh, well! Then skip it. Mix rice and assorted fresh vegetables with my secret hot spicy sauce! One thing you can’t skip is lots of sesame oil!
Ingredients:
- Fresh raw salmon, tuna and flying fish roe (orange),
- 1 carrot, 2 cups of lettuce, ½ cucumber (half cup), 7 or 8 sesame leaves,
- 2 green onions, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 ts of juice from ginger,
- 1 package of tofu, bean paste, dried anchovies, laver (kim), sesame oil,
- sesame seeds, soy sauce, sugar, hot pepper paste, and vinegar
- Cook rice.
- Make soup:
- In a pot, put 5 cups of water and 8-10 dried anchovies (remove heads and intestines) and boil for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the anchovies from the pot and add 1½ tbs bean paste. Lower the heat.
- Dice ½ package of tofu (about 1 cup) into 0.5-1cm cubes and add them to #2 and boil a few more minutes and turn the heat off.
- Chop up 1 green onion.
- Sprinkle the chopped green onion over the soup just before serving with hwedupbap.
- Prepare a platter of ingredients for hwedupbap:
- Cut a medium size carrot into julienne strips and put it into a small bowl.
- Sprinkle a few pinches of sugar and salt into the carrot strips. Mix it and set it aside.
- Slice some lettuce (2-3 cups) thinly and put it on the platter.
- Slice ½ cucumber thinly (1 cup) and put it next to the lettuce on the platter.
- Put the carrot on the platter after squeezing slightly to remove excessive liquid.
- Slice 5-7 sesame leaves thinly and put it on the platter.
- Make “cho jang” (hot spicy sauce):
- Mix 3 tbs hot pepper paste, 1 tbs soy sauce, 2 tbs vinegar, and 1 tbs sugar in a bowl using a spoon.
- Add 1 chopped green onion, 3 cloves garlic, and 2 ts of juice from minced ginger. Mix well.
- Dice raw fish into 0.5-1 cm cubes.
Tip: raw fish kept in the fridge should be cut just before serving - In a large serving bowl, put 1-2 cups of warm rice.
- Put the sliced lettuce, cucumber, carrot, raw fish, and fish roe on the rice in this order.
- Drizzle sesame oil generously over top with and put some roasted strips of kim. Sprinkle some
sesame seeds too. - Serve it with the soup.
Tip: How to cut kim thinly:
Roast a sheet of sea plant over stove directly by turning over both sides and cut it into thin strips with scissors
For vegetarians:
You can make “spicy tofu bibimbap” using this same recipe, but of course you will have to replace raw fish with fried tofu.
How to prepare for your tofu:
- Heat up your pan and add a little vegetable oil.
- Dice tofu into 1.5 cm cubes and put them into the pan. Cook until golden brown.
- Turn the heat off and add 1 ts of soy sauce and 1 ts of sugar. Stir it to coat.
Tip: Tofu is fragile, so I usually shake my pan carefully to mix it with sugar and soy sauce instead of using a spoon.
This video is so cool!!! I finally know how to cook my favorite recipe ^^
안녕 망치~!
회덮밥 is now officially my favorite korean food with 김치 and 불고기 in 2nd place! (^_^)
oh and what is the korean name of the tofu soup again?
It’s soondubujjigae! (순두부찌개)
oh no
i meant the soybean tofu soup that goes along with 회덮밥.
yeah 순두부찌개 또 좋아해요! :]
Hi Maangchi ssi,
Thank you for sharing your wonderful Korean recipes. Your videos are just awesome! Now I get to learn to make my favorite Korean food.
I have a question about fresh dduk. According to the package, these fresh dduk must be discarded after 24 hours. Mine says today’s date.
1. If I don’t keep them in the refrigerator tonight, is it still okay to use them tomorrow?
2. The package only comes with a date and no time, so how do I know when it’s past the 24 hours period?
Thank you.
Gabrielle
I usually keep fresh leftover dduk in the freezer and thaw it out at room temperature before eating or cooking.
Hi! Could you pleease show us how to make cho bap? I heard it is pretty simple, but I’m new to cooking and would love the step by step. You are AWESOME! Thanks~
I liked You Hoe Dup Bap I lot
u r great
can you show how to make cho bap
ok, you must like chobap! so do I!
Hi Maangchi,
I tried making this dish today, but my soup accompaniment tastes a little sour. Is it supposed to be sour?
No, it is not supposed to be sour, maybe your doenjang tastes a little sour? I don’t know.
Kathleen,
Yes, it will be ok, thanks
Hello Maangchi,
for the soup you made in this video, instead of using dried anchovies (since mine expired) can I use japanese Bonito powder(dashi no moto）?
Yvonne,
yes, no problem. Get sashimi grade fish when you go to a fish market.
hi maangchi! i love this recipe!
just one question..is it safe to eat the raw fish straight like that?
Chi,
Wonderful! Thank you very much!
I made both versions- vegetarian and the other with raw fish and roe- OMG, they were so delious and satisfying. Maangchi you really know your craft.
myla,
yes, you can use white vinegar, too.
can i use white vinegar in making sauce???
I already have tuna so I’m planning to try this tonight…
My mom used to add thinly sliced nashi pear in it and that makes sweet and cool, especially in summer…
Jen,
I don’t remember what pound it was. It was actually more than enough. Delicious!
I was wondering for the tuna and salmon…are they 1/2 lbs each? It looks so yummy!
Cindy Choi,
Good point! Thank you for giving me chance to talk about this.
I know you are talking about Hwedupbap(raw fish with vegetbles dish) and some vegetable dishes using fish sauce.
Take a look at the recipe more closely, I posted the recipe for vegetarians by using tofu. All of my vegetarian friends love the recipe, so I posted. Fish sauce could be replaced with salt or soy sauce.
Hi Maangchi. Fish is not vegetarian. Please, you should take all fish, seafood, etc dishes out of the vegetarian category. Also, dishes with fish sauce, fish eggs, should not be in a vegetarian category. It is hard to be Korean and vegetarian!
thanks! i just made this today. it was good. and refreshing. :)s
Mari,
Yes, you can omit fish roe in this recipe
and of course you can eat it without the soup. : )
is it ok to omit the fish roe here?
can u eat this without the soup accompaniment?
i cant find anchovies at the moment…
MizzGriz,
Hot pepper paste is fermented food, so it will be ok. Put it back into the refrigerator. Don’t worry!
Ooooops!! This is me running to put my hot pepper paste in the refrigerator. Duh!!!!!! Or should I just throw it out if it’s been open a while?(and I bought the large container.)Please let me know what you think.
Ami,
haha, multitask! No, it’s never gross. : )
Hey Maangchi! I just moved to Busan and I have a few food questions. I keep going to Lotte and eating these rice cakes that are cut up into cubes and covered in kong garu. They are so good! They are my favorite. What are they called? And is it easy to make them? It seems easy. Just make the rice dough and boil it, right?
What is sweet rice flour called in Korean?
And what is ì§�ì�´ì±�? It\’s a banchan that I just bought at the grocery store, but I can\’t find it in any dictionary.
I discovered that I looooove ì��ê·¼ banchan! You should do a video for it! It\’s so delicious!
I’m eating and typing comment at the same time!!!
I know it’s gross but I can’t wait to thank you for sharing this amazing recipe. It’s definitely one of those that make a veggie-hater like me crave for some green. Sooooooo fresh and tasty!
Gabieolie,
Wow, fast! Your successful tofu bibimbap news will encourage many people to try it out with confidence.
Thank you!
Hi Maangchi,
I just made the vegetarian version of Hwedupbap – and the taste was absolutely amazing!!! I’m going to have it again tomorrow.
My family enjoyed it very much. My youngest daughter can’t eat spicy food well, so I just put soy sauce with lots of sesame oil and she ate the whole thing! What a great way to sneak in healthy vegetables in your diet. Thank you so much!!!
Jennifer,
yes, you can use beef broth or chicken broth.
This made me hungry lol
no more food before bed…
Can I use chicken,beef broth or vegetable broth instead of anchovies?
Oh my Maangchi, this looks so good! Your videos are always very helpful and nicely done. You are a culinary artist! Now I am hungry. =p Thanks again for your service.
=]
Thanks for the video Maangchi. I love watching Dae Jang Geum drama and now Mashinun Chonghon. Your website is fabulous because you take the time to show us really how to make the delicious food. I’ve made many of your recipes already and can’t wait to try this one out.
karen,
wow, you are fast! Thank you! My video is still in the process of uploading on YouTube. Yes, I keep hot pepper paste in the refrigerator after opening it. You did good job! : )
Maangchi, thank you for posting this video! This recipe looks delicious & so healthy… I can’t wait to try to cook it sometime this week :o)
Do you refrigerate your hot pepper paste? I buy the same brand as you, but I can’t read the labels on the packaging. I keep it in the refrigerator just in case :o)