Yeongyang Bap

About the dish

Yeongyang bap steams glutinous rice with chestnuts, jujubes, ginkgo nuts and pine nuts, packing well-rounded nourishment into a single bowl. It was cooked with care for feasts and as a fortifying meal.

Key ingredient

Glutinous rice (chapssal) — a warming grain that protects the stomach and aids digestion; its sticky amylopectin keeps you satisfyingly full, making it the base for tteok and porridge. Autumn season, grown nationwide.

Ingredients

Main: rice, glutinous rice, chestnuts, jujubes, ginkgo nuts, pine nuts, black beans, shiitake mushrooms · Seasoning: seasoning sauce (soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds)

Simple recipe

1. Mix the soaked glutinous rice with the chestnuts, jujubes, ginkgo nuts and pine nuts.
2. Set it in a pot and cook.
3. Let it steam through fully.
4. Make the seasoned soy sauce.
5. Serve the rice with the sauce alongside.

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