bibimbap

[ bee-beem-bop, bee-bim-bop ]

noun

, Korean Cooking.

1. a dish of rice and cooked vegetables with a red chili paste sauce, often with marinated beef and/or a fried or raw egg on top.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibimbap¹

First recorded in 1975–80; from Korean pibimpap, equivalent to pibim, bibim “to mix” + -bap “cooked rice”