This baked kimchi rice with cheese is surprisingly easy to make (with just 10 ingredients), vegetarian (if you use a vegan kimchi), and so tasty and satisfying! If you’ve never tried this combination, you’ll be shocked at how well the tangy spicy kimchi goes with creamy melted cheese.  Kimchi & Cheese: A Winning Combination We have a delicious kimchi fried rice recipe that Kaitlin posted years ago, but this dish highlights the combination of spicy, sour kimchi and rich, creamy cheese! Perhaps you’ve seen cheesy kimchi recipes popping up around the internet.Perhaps you’ve heard of kimchi grilled cheese sandwiches or cheesy kimchi ramen.Much like the combination of sauerkraut and swiss cheese on a reuben sandwich, the flavors of the fermented kimchi and salty, buttery cheese are the perfect counterpoints.

This is the kind of dish that makes you want to curl up on the couch with your favorite K-drama playing in the background! An Easy, Malleable Recipe This is a great recipe to use up leftover rice.I wrote this recipe to serve 2, so you don’t need a lot of rice to make it—just 2 cups.So if you have a small amount of rice left in the refrigerator and aren’t sure how to use it, this recipe is just the thing.

(You could also try my quick Ban Fan 拌饭 Mixed Rice Bowl.) I just used onion, mushrooms, and kimchi to keep it simple, but you could add other vegetables — peppers, peas, carrots, corn, whatever you like.  I actually find t

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