Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- 1 Jeju mackerel, thawed
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 cups water
- ¼ cup cucumber, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup carrots, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup enoki mushrooms
- ¼ cup bean sprouts
- 3 imitation crab sticks, sliced
- 3 shrimp
- ½ can tuna, drained
- ½ bunch spinach
- 1 fried egg, for serving
- ¼ cup scallions, sliced
- ¼ cup kimchi
- 3 tbsp gochujang
Instructions:
- Prepare the rice: Rinse the rice thoroughly until the water runs mostly clear. Add the beaten egg and mix until the rice is evenly coated.
- Transfer the rice to a rice cooker and add the water. Stir gently to combine.
- Layer the cucumber, carrots, enoki mushrooms, bean sprouts, imitation crab, shrimp, and tuna evenly over the rice. Do not stir.
- Cook according to your rice cooker’s standard white rice setting.
- While the rice cooks, heat the butter in a pan and sear the thawed mackerel until golden and crispy on the outside and cooked through. Set aside.
- Once the rice is finished, add the spinach on top, close the lid, and let it sit for 3–5 minutes. The residual heat will gently wilt the spinach.
- Add the gochujang and gently fluff and mix everything together. If the water ratio is just right, the bottom should develop a delicious layer of lightly crispy, scorched rice.
- Top with the crispy seared mackerel, fried egg, scallions, and kimchi.
- Serve hot and enjoy!

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