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Dubu Bap

Name: Dubu Bap
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: North Korea
Ingredients: 1 block Firm tofu; 200g Cooked rice; 2 tsp Chili powder; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tsp Sugar; 2 Green Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1 tsp Sesame Oil; 1 tsp White Sesame Seeds; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fried tofu slit open, stuffed with rice, and brushed with spicy sauce — a North Korean market snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dubu bap means 'tofu rice,' a popular snack sold at North Korean markets and roadsides. Thick slices of tofu are fried, slit open, stuffed with rice, and brushed with a sauce of chili, green onion, and soy sauce. It's quick to eat and filling.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a corner of a North Korean market, fried tofu stuffed with rice and brushed with red sauce is laid out in rows.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Firm tofu 1 block
Cooked rice 200g
Chili powder 2 tsp
Soy Sauce 2 tbsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Green Onion 2
Garlic 1 clove
Sesame Oil 1 tsp
White Sesame Seeds 1 tsp
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Weigh down the tofu for 30 minutes to drain and cut into 8 thick squares.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
When cool enough to handle, slit from the side to make a pocket.
Stuff with rice.
Brush with a sauce of chili powder, soy sauce, sugar, chopped green onion and garlic, sesame oil, and white sesame.

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