bibimbap

American  

[bee-beem-bop, bee-bim-bop] / ˈbi bimˈbɒp, ˈbi bɪmˌbɒp /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of bibimbap

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

Example Sentences

Nearby, Bunsik serves kimbap, bibimbap, tteokbokki rice cakes and other Korean street food, and Mix Sushi Bar serves rolls and poke bowls.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Sheet-pan bibimbap will help you use the stray vegetables in the crisper.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023

K-drama, K-pop, kimchi, bibimbap: Korean culture, in the form of entertainment and food, has long taken hold in California and across the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Jenny is tasked with making the bibimbap sauce, a seriously fine condiment that combines gochujang, sugar, garlic and an unlikely American stowaway — Sprite soda — that adds an element of … what exactly?

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

When I was younger, she would come over and cook all of her—and my—Korean favorites, bibimbap, kalbi, mandoo, but Dad would never eat them.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller