A Korean rice dish topped with an array of seasoned, separately prepared vegetables (namul), chili pepper paste (gochujang), often a fried or raw egg and sliced meat, all mixed together at the table before eating. The name means, literally, mixed rice.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the earliest textual reference, under the name hondon-ban, in the Yeokjogumun section of Historical Notes of Gijae by Bak Dongnyang, written around 1590; the first known bibimbap recipe under that name appears later, in the anonymous 19th-century cookbook Siuijeonseo. Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the late 19th century, when the Siuijeonseo cookbook carrying the first known bibimbap recipe (under that name) is believed to have been compiled, closing the bracket the live origin-start-year fact opens at 1590 (the earlier hondon-ban name in Historical Notes of Gijae). The cookbook itself is not more precisely dated by this source than late 19th century. Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account Connections
Associated With
Kimchi, Dishes Kimchi is among bibimbap's standard namul toppings.
Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidson
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Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidson
Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidson
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1. Bibimbap (Wikipedia)
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The first known recipe for bibimbap is found in the Siuijeonseo, an anonymous cookbook from the late 19th century.
2. Siuijeonseo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSiuijeonseo (Wikipedia), lead sentenceQuote, Siuijeonseo (Wikipedia), lead sentence
is a Korean cookbook that is believed to have been compiled in the late 19th century.
The Oxford Companion to Food
Alan Davidson, Oxford University Press, 2014
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When was bibimbap first recorded in writing?
In the Siuijeonseo, a Korean cookbook from the late 19th century.
The first known written recipe for bibimbap appears in the Siuijeonseo, an anonymous Korean cookbook believed to have been compiled in the late 19th century.
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