Gyeran Bap (Soy-Butter Fried Egg Rice Bowl)

Method

1. 1

   Stir half the butter into the hot rice in a bowl until it melts and turns the rice glossy.

2. 2

   Heat the vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat and fry the eggs until the whites are crisp and lacy at the edges but the yolks stay runny, about 2 minutes.

   💡 Crank the heat and leave the egg alone — the lacy, crisp edge is the whole point.

3. 3

   Stir the soy sauce and remaining butter into the rice.

4. 4

   Slide a fried egg on top of each bowl of rice and crumble over the nori, if using.

5. 5

   Drizzle with sesame oil, scatter with spring onion and sesame seeds, and break the yolk into the rice just before eating.