Rice Dishes

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum)

Name: Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 30 g Soaked rice; 90 g Water; 25 g Korean pear; 20 g Spinach; 5 g Honey

시금치 배 미음

A smooth baby rice gruel of finely ground rice simmered with grated pear and minced blanched spinach, lightly sweetened with honey. For a thinner gruel, use about five times as much water as rice.

40mPrep

20mCook

1Serving

EasyLevel

🧺 Korean ingredients in this recipe

Korean Pear (Bae)Juicy Asian pear — fruit, tenderizer and sweetener

📘 Cooking basics for this recipe

How to Cook Korean Rice (Bap)Short-grain rice in a pot, a rice cooker or a pressure cooker, plus multigrain rice and nurungji
How to Make Namul (Seasoned Vegetable Side Dishes)Blanch, squeeze, season: the method behind every Korean vegetable side dish

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Wash and soak the rice.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 1

Grind the rice finely in a blender or mortar and simmer with the water.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 2

Peel and core the pear and grate it.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 3

Blanch the spinach, squeeze dry and mince finely.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 4

When the rice comes to a boil, add the pear and spinach and simmer.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 5

Sweeten with honey to taste.

Spinach & Pear Rice Gruel (Baby Mieum) — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

137Calories (kcal)

30.1 gCarbs

3.5 gProtein

0.4 gFat

12 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.