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Korean Egg Rice with Sesame and Soy

Hot rice with a runny fried egg, sesame oil, and soy stirred through. Five minutes and almost nothing in the fridge.

Korean Egg Rice with Sesame and Soy, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
15 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.21

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup jasmine rice
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1 bunch green onions / scallions
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes(optional)

Method

  1. Cook the rice according to package directions and keep it hot.

  2. Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high and fry the eggs until the whites are crisp and lacy at the edges and the yolks are still liquid.

  3. Divide the hot rice between four bowls.

  4. Set the eggs on top and add the soy sauce and sesame oil directly over the yolks.

  5. Scatter sesame seeds, sliced scallions, and pepper flakes over.

  6. Break the yolks and stir everything through the rice at the table, while it is hot enough to gloss the grains.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 7 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£16.99£4.257 of 7 ingredients
Australia$43.40$10.857 of 7 ingredients
New Zealand$40.94$10.247 of 7 ingredients
Greece24,61 €6,15 €7 of 7 ingredients
Egypt‏٨٩٢٫١٠ ج.م.‏‏٢٢٣٫٠٣ ج.م.‏7 of 7 ingredients
Canada$67.51$16.887 of 7 ingredients
Spain23,53 €5,88 €7 of 7 ingredients
Germany25,46 €6,37 €7 of 7 ingredients
United States$36.83$9.216 of 7 ingredients
Mexico$453.13$113.286 of 7 ingredients
Austria€ 25,57€ 6,396 of 7 ingredients

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