dinner · korean · backcountry bowls no. 02

bulgogi bibimbap

불고기 비빔밥 · bulgogi bibimbap
60g protein target 700+ cal real beef bulgogi real gochujang

Sweet soy-marinated beef bulgogi over rice, with a gochujang kick and vegetables that earned their place in the bowl. The stone-pot dinner you grew up on, minus the stone pot and the fourteen pounds of cast iron.

This is Geo's family recipe, not a trail brand's idea of "Korean barbecue flavor." Real gochujang heat, real sesame, mixed the way bibimbap is meant to be mixed: all at once, with intent.

$15 one pouch · one full dinner
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Honesty corner: this one is still in active recipe testing. The roster gets the prototypes and helps us lock the final formula.

the numbers that matter at 11,000 feet

700+
calories
60g
protein target
12min
with boiling water
~165
calories per ounce
1
serving. honestly.

what's actually in here

real beef, real gochujang, real sesame

beef bulgogi · soy + pear + garlic marinade short-grain rice gochujang · the real fermented chili paste spinach + carrot + bean sprout · namul-style shiitake mushroom toasted sesame oil + seeds green onion + garlic

the ritual

  1. Boil about 1.5 cups of water. Find a rock with a view.
  2. Pour it in, seal the pouch, wait 12 minutes.
  3. Stir hard. Bibimbap means "mixed rice." Mix like you mean it, then eat.

the recipe's story

Bibimbap (비빔밥) literally means "mixed rice," a dish built to bring rice, seasoned vegetables (namul), protein, and gochujang together in one bowl. Bulgogi (불고기) means "fire meat": thin beef in a sweet soy and pear marinade, grilled hot and fast.

Geo grew up mixing this bowl at the family table, gochujang first, until every grain of rice turned red.

We freeze dry the components so they rehydrate distinct, then you do the mixing that makes it bibimbap. No stone pot required. The view does the sizzling.

nutrition facts

per pouch · recipe target, in active testing

Nutrition Facts
1 serving per pouch
Serving size 1 pouch (~130g)
Calories 720
Total Fat22g
Saturated Fat7g
Sodium1010mg
Total Carbohydrate80g
Dietary Fiber6g
Total Sugars12g
Protein60g
Targets from our test kitchen, still being dialed in. Final verified panel publishes before the first pouch ships. Contains: soy, sesame, wheat.

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