bibimbap

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

/ ˈbi bimˈbɒp, ˈbi bɪmˌbɒp /

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noun Korean Cooking.

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.

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Origin of bibimbap

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