Last year, I made two Korean dishes; kimchi arancini (rice balls) and Korean beef and rice flakes. I made it up, sort of. I was inspired by a dish that I saw and had a bag of rice flakes that I wasn’t sure what to do with. I also had some leftover risotto which I always use to make Italian arancini.
I nosed around the internet for rice flake recipes and found a one close to what I was thinking, but I distinctly remember not following it too much. As usual!
Since I was making Korean flavors, I chopped up some kimchi and added it to my rice balls aka arancini. I made a Korean gochujang dipping sauce for the rice balls.
When I asked my oldest son Noah what he wanted for his birthday dinner, he told me his favorite bite of 2020….Korean Beef Rice Flakes with Kimchi Arancini & a Gochujang Aioli. Shit!
I searched for my inspirational recipe and found it. So now the pressure is on to figure out how in fucks name I made this dish. The arancini rice balls are easy, at least I don’t have to worry about recreating that dish. Same thing with the aioli.
Noah has talked that dish up so much all year, the last thing I want to do is to disappoint his birthday taste buds. 🤞🏼
Rice flakes!!! Bought a bag on line in a moment of whimsy during the pandemic. I have NO idea WTF to do with them. I await with baited breath if you find a tasty solution. X