Gyeran Bap — Korean Egg Rice

Ingredients

• 1 big bowl hot cooked rice
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil + toasted sesame seeds
• 1 scallion, sliced
• Optional escalation: gochujang dab, kimchi alongside

Method

1. Fry the eggs in the butter — crispy-edged, runny-yolked; the butter browning slightly is a feature, not an accident.
2. Drop the hot rice in a bowl and slide the eggs on top, pouring every drop of browned butter after them.
3. Season the landscape: soy sauce, sesame oil, seeds, scallion.
4. Break the yolks and stir the whole bowl with conviction — glossy, golden, savory rice results.
5. Eat immediately, possibly standing. Korea's beloved answer to 'there's nothing to eat' — there was, and it took eight minutes.