Skip to content
Back

Dish

Bibimbap
Photo: Sous Chef, CC BY 2.0 · Representative image, not a specific restaurant's dish · Photo credits

비빔밥Bibimbap

look for this on the menu

  • bi-bim-bap
  • Mild
  • Rice dishes

Your food preferences

Tell us what you avoid to see if this fits you.

Set my needs

A bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, usually minced beef and a fried egg, mixed with spicy gochujang chili paste and sesame oil.

Usual recipe onlyEverything on this page is the typical recipe. It never tells you a restaurant's dish is safe; for that, check the restaurant menu or ask staff.

What's in it

7 pieces
  • Rice
  • Seasoned vegetablesspinach, bean sprouts, carrot, bracken, mushroom
  • Minced or sliced beef
  • Fried egg
  • Gochujangchili paste
  • Sesame oil and seeds
  • Soy sauce

Pieces follow the usual recipe. Each restaurant can differ.

Hidden ingredients

Gochujang usually contains wheat. Some vegetable toppings are seasoned with fish sauce, and the beef topping is often hidden under the vegetables.

Hidden ingredients in its usual recipe

Common allergens

Allergy-related ingredients

  • usually: Soy usually
  • usually: Wheat usually
  • usually: Sesame usually
  • usually: Egg usually
  • sometimes: Fish sometimes

Dietary restrictions (meat, alcohol, garlic and onion family, honey)

  • usually: Beef usually
  • usually: Garlic, onion, scallion & chives usually

Gluten (for gluten avoidance; a wheat allergy is listed above)

  • usually: Gluten (wheat, barley, rye) usually

Cross-contact: shared oil, grills and tools are not covered by any recipe. Ask staff.

  • Not vegan as usually made.
  • Not vegetarian as usually made.
  • Some restaurants may offer ingredient changes. Ask before ordering.Removing a visible ingredient does not guarantee that sauces, stock, seasonings or shared equipment are free from it.

Good to know

If you are vegetarian, ask for it without meat (고기 빼 주세요). If you are vegan, ask without meat and egg (고기랑 계란 빼 주세요). Either way, ask about fish sauce in the vegetables, the sauce and any broth: some vegetable toppings are seasoned with fish sauce.

General tip, not based on your settings. Your own order sentence is under "Questions to ask staff". Removing a visible ingredient does not guarantee that sauces, stock, seasonings or shared equipment are free from it.

Questions to ask staff

Point to the Korean. Set what you avoid to get your own questions.

  • 콩 들어가나요?

    Is there soy in it? (core: part of the base, broth or main ingredient)

  • 밀 들어가나요?

    Is there wheat in it? (core: part of the base, broth or main ingredient)

  • 참깨, 참기름 들어가나요?

    Is there sesame in it? (core: part of the base, broth or main ingredient)

  • 달걀 들어가나요?

    Is there egg in it? (usually a topping; can often be left off)

  • 소고기 들어가나요?

    Is there beef in it? (usually a topping; can often be left off)

  • 마늘·양파·파·부추 들어가나요?

    Is there garlic, onion, scallion, chives in it? (core: part of the base, broth or main ingredient)

  • 글루텐 들어가나요?

    Is there gluten in it? (core: part of the base, broth or main ingredient)

  • 생선 들어가나요?

    Is there fish in it? (in some recipes; depends on the kitchen)

  • 국물이나 양념에도 들어가나요?

    Is it in the broth or the seasoning too?

These are general questions about this dish. Set what you avoid to get a Korean order sentence for you. We never ask staff to leave out things you didn't choose. Set my needs

Open my staff card

Related dishes

Where to find it

Something wrong on this page? Report it