I'm kinda proud of myself for this, had both shrimp and kimchi and wanted to make kimchi shrimp fried rice, couldn't fine a recipe for that exactly outside a overly involved food network one, so i ended up synthesizing like three different recipes together. Tasted pretty heckin good if i do say so myself.

Ingredients

  • 16oz raw shrimp
  • 1 cup kimchi
  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 2 eggs beaten + (optional) extra for frying
  • ~4 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 4 scallions chopped, greens/whites separated
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
  • ~6 inch broccoli stem, peeled and shredded
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon gochujang
  • 1 cup peas (i used frozen but measured and let them sit out on the counter while i prepped/cooked other things so they were partially defrosted)

Directions

  1. If using day-old rice, pour into bowl and break clumps into individual grains.
  2. Strain kimchi through fine mesh sieve into bowl, squeezing out and reserving as much liquid as possible. Chop into bite sized pieces
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet (or wok). Add shrimp, kimchi, and onion, cooking until shrimp is cooked and vegetables softened, about 5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
  4. Heat 0.5 tablespoon oil on high until just about smoking. add 1 cup rice, stirring/tossing until pale brown and toasted. Transfer to bowl. Repeat w/ 0.5 tablespoon + 1 cup rice until all rice is prepared
  5. Turn heat down to medium high/medium (depending on how hot your burner is). Add all rice back to pan, press against sides so there's space in the middle. Add 1 tablespoon oil to space. Add whites of scallions, garlic, shredded carrots, and broccoli stem. Cook stirring gently until softened and fragrant. Toss with rice to combine.
  6. Push rice etc. aside, add 0.5 tablespoon oil and eggs and gently scramble until just set, then fold into rice. Add frozen peas, toss to combine and heat through for about 30 seconds.
  7. Add onion/kimchi/shrimp mix and toss to combine
  8. Pour in kimchi juice and season generously with black pepper. Add fish sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, and most of the scallion greens (reserving some for garnish/topping). Toss to combine.
  9. Serve topped w/ fried eggs for each individual serving (optional), scallion greens, and sriracha (if desired).