Bap (rice dish)

This article is about cooked rice. For the bread roll, see Bap (bread).
Bap
Place of origin
Associated cuisine
Main ingredientsRice or other grains
Food energy
(per 1 serving)
85 kcal (356 kJ)[1]
Bap
Hangul
밥
진지 (honorific)
수라 (honorific)
메 (honorific)
Revised Romanizationbap
jinji
sura
me
McCune–Reischauerpap
chinji
sura
me

Bap (Korean: 밥)[2][3] is a Korean name for cooked rice prepared by boiling rice or other grains, such as black rice, barley, sorghum, various millets, and beans, until the water has cooked away.[4][5] Special ingredients such as vegetables, seafood, and meat can also be added to create different kinds of bap.[6] In the past, except for the socially wealthy class, people used to eat mixed grain rice together with beans and barley rather than only rice.[7]

In Korea, grain food centered on rice has been the most commonly used since ancient times and has established itself as a staple food in everyday diets.[8]

In Korean, the honorific terms for bap (meal) include jinji (진지) for an elderly person, sura (수라) for a monarch, and me (메) for the deceased (in the ancestral rites).

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  2. ^ Lee, Cecili a Hae-Jin (5 January 2015). "Six Koreatown restaurants with great banchan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. ^ Korea Tourism Organization (21 February 2017). "Exploring Korea's true flavor". Stripes Korea. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. ^ "밥" [bap]. Basic Korean Dictionary. National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 8 January 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ An Illustrated Guide to Korean Culture - 233 traditional key words. Seoul: Hakgojae Publishing Co. 2002. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-89-85846-98-1.
  6. ^ "Types of Korean Food – Staple food". www.hansik.org. Korean Food Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ^ "밥". terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  8. ^ 장, 경조 (2018). "'밥과 빵' 주식(主食)문화가 낳은 한국과 서양의 문화 차이". 한국사상과 문화 제94호. 309–335: 27pages.