Radish Beef Rice Bowl (Rice Cooker Recipe)
Simple and delicious Korean style beef rice bowl with radish is cooked in a rice cooker. Serve with soy chili sauce dressing. This recipe makes one dish meal with hardly any effort.
“No vitamins are better than fall radishes. So eat your radishes now!!!” Every fall my mother forced to feed us radishes. Radish soup, radish salad, radish kimchi, … and the radish rice – the worst one. I HATED it.
I don’t think radish is kids friendly vegetable at all. It is bitter and peppery. If you cook them they get mushy…, and kids ain’t like mushy stuff. However my tongue has constantly been evolved. I love these peppery radishes now. I finally became a grown-up, hallelujah!
Green Radish vs Korean Radish
The Korean radish, if you can find them, are at their peak in the fall. They are sweet to eat as raw and turn into mellow flavor when cooked. I craved the radish rice that I hated as child.
I searched for my Korean radishes in Kuala Lumpur, but alas…! No where to be found. Instead I chose green radish – simply out of curiosity. Have you seen green radishes?
This guy is totally green inside out. He is more peppery. So my verdict is; go with Korean one!
Here is my fabulous Mr. Korea that I used for my beef radish soup last year. If you are unlucky to find him, then, use Daikon radish instead.
In reality any radish will work. I mean they all get cooked into mushy stage but Korean radish will bring sweet mellow flavor rather than peppery kick into the dish.
You will like the simplicity of this Radish Beef Rice Bowl – How can you go wrong with simple food? It is cooked in a rice cooker, and makes an easy rice bowl dish without much effort.
How to make Radish Beef Rice Bowl in a Rice Cooker
Grab your typical Korean pantry stuff; soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, Korean chili flakes, rice wine, green onion, garlic, radish, a little piece of beef, and a little bit of sugar that I missed in the photo.
First, time to shine your cutting skills. Cut beef into thin matchsticks (cross grain).
Add soy sauce, garlic, sugar and sesame oil to them…
and toss them together with your hand. Set aside.
Here is Mr. Green without his jacket. He reminds me of Mr. Oz in some place over the rainbow.
Slice him into 1/4″ thick matchsticks.
Get your rice ready to cook. I mixed white and brown rice together.
You will need less water than usual since radishes will yield lots of moisture.
Put radishes on top of rice…
and the beef on top of radishes. Just scatter them around.
Cook them together in the rice cooker. See! how simple is that? Now go sit down and watch your favorite food network shows for 20 minutes.
When your rice cooker is sending you a signal. Chop a green onion,
mix with other dressing ingredients. You will like to use lots of sesame oil.
Go unveil your rice cooker and you will see this. Then you will want to toss them.
When you toss them, you will find the nice rice “fond (like the kind in Paella)” on the bottom – a flavorful rice crust.
Gently toss all together. I can see my white rice, brown rice, radishes, and beef, all mingled and harmonized. Beautiful!!!
Scoop into your rather large serving bowl because you will want to mix them with the dressing when you serve.
What a great mixing job! The green radish was slightly bitter but enjoyable. The beef is tender, of course. A simple meal, and satisfying, mothers are always right. “EAT YOUR RADISHES!”
Radish Beef Rice Bowl (Rice Cooker Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 lb Korean radish or daikon
- 1/3 lb beef (any cut), cut into thin strips
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tbsp sweet rice wine (mirim)
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 cup short grain white rice
- 1 cup short grain brown rice
- 2 cup water
For dressing sauce
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1-2 tbsp Korean chili flakes (gochugaru)
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 green onion finely chopped
Equipment
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine beef with soy sauce, sugar, garlic, sesame oil, and rice wine. Toss them well and set aside.
- Peel the radish and slice into 1/4-inch thick matchsticks.
- Wash and rinse rice, drain. Place rice in the rice cooker with 2 cups water. Place radishes and marinated beef on top of rice. Cook rice in the normal setting of your rice cooker.
- Meanwhile combine dressing sauce ingredients. When rice is ready, toss them gently to mix. Scoop into a serving bowl and drizzle 1 Tbsp of dressing on top and mix them well. Serve warm.
I tried this recipe – it turned out great but I have a question about the dressing – when I made mine, I followed your recipe to the T but my dressing turned out to be a little too salty than I like. Is there a tip for making it less salty? Thanks for sharing!
I usually use low sodium soy sauce. If your sauce is too salty, add more water to dilute it.
Such a delish recipe 🙂
언니, 감사합니다 ^^
Thank you so much for your helpful tips and recommendations! I am so glad to get your personal recommendations on rice cookers ^_^ Guess it is time for me to invest in one!
Hi Erica
I sometimes cook this dish in one of those dutch oven pot (Le crueset) and it worked fine. You have to cover with a heavy lid to prevent for the steam to escape, and needs a little longer simmering time so that it cooks thoroughly from top to bottom.
However you can't beat the convenience of rice cooker. I can only give a feedback on Korean brand because that is only thing I have used so far.
I highly recommend to get an "electric pressure rice cooker". It cost more than regular kind but worth for me because I have been using mine for nearly 10 years and never had any problem. I have been using it at least 3 times a week. Most Koreans use these pressure rice cooker these days.
And they are built tough like a tank.
The flavor and the texture of rice is unbeatable. It takes less water and cooks faster. You can use it for making other dishes as well. I often make Galbi Jjim in there and works beautifully.
The brand I am using is called "Cuckoo"-very famous pressure rice cooker company in Korea. You can find their rice cookers in major Korea grocery stores in the U.S these days with English manual. Amazon sells Japanese brand but I don't know its quality. As far as I know, Koreans are the one started electric rice cooker in their rice cooking.
Another good and cheaper alternative is getting a stove top pressure cooker. You can get it through amazon. It is a lot cheaper and yields the same results as electric one. But you have to control the heat and the time yourself. I think it will require a little practice and feel for how much water you have to use to cook your rice with this.
Hope this helps, Erica.
Have a great weekend!
I tried making this last night, and the combination of flavors was delicious! I love the texture of the cooked radish, yumm… unfortunately I had to use a stovetop method since I don't have a rice cooker, and the cooking process didn't work very well (I ended up having to take out the beef and radishes and finish cooking them in the microwave because they didn't cook all the way through over the rice). If I were to go out and buy a rice cooker, what kind would you recommend?
What a great recipe! Excellent use of radishes. I rarely cook radishes – I don't know why, because I like them. Maybe it's the latent kid in me resisting? Anyway, great job detailing recipe preparation, execution. Thanks.
Meagan Ness
Well, it depends on the type of pot and the heat. I say boil them first and reduce heat to low and wait until the boil to settle down. Cover with lid and let it simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it sit for 5-10 minutes before you open the lid. Toss and serve with dressing.
How long would I cook it in the pot?
Yup, I'm Malaysian 🙂
@9ddada242b78c88059a25a727b6c7e93
That's the daikon radish, the Japanese style radish. You can certainly use that.
@a6ede97a7ed9b73768af26ec737d9ece
Thanks Angelica. How's your Korean study coming along?
@6d0fc56428f9bc99e542b35874bbf1ed
Do you live in Malaysia?
Katherine
Thanks Katherine. Hope you can give it a try.
@af703376c0e8d41592fbf2ac395d7da1
You certainly are! 🙂
Erica Sommermann
It is called 누룽지 (nuroongji). If you cook rice in a stone pot it forms easily. I love the texture and the flavor.
Meagan Ness
Of course you can make in the pot. Cast iron or heavy type of pot works the best but any pot will do the job.
This looks so yummy…! I am still struggling to find that type of radish here in Germany. I only know the long white one.
I wonder if you still check this site out. You can find this kind of radish at asiakauf.com – good luck.
@beyondkimchee: lovely, lovely site with beautiful photos and great recipes. Thank you! <3
Looks good! Can I make it in a pot and not a rice cooker (since I don't have one)?
mmm, looks delicious! This sounds like total comfort food, and the prep seems so straightforward, it would work great for dinner on a busy night. Is there a special name in Korean for the crispy rice layer that forms on the bottom of the cooker? I'd love to learn what the word is (in 한글) ^^
I like radish, so I'm an adult (:
Wow, this looks so amazingly delicious! I love Korean food but always have the hardest time making it – this is a fabulous step by step guide 🙂
Oh! You're in Malaysia! Welcome to Malaysia:)
This dish looks tasty. The green radish? I used to made soup with it.
This looks great! Can't wait to try it….thank you 😀