| Dolsot / Gopdolsot | |
Dolsot-bibimbap, bibimbap served in a dolsot
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| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 돌솥 |
| Revised Romanization | dolsot |
| McCune–Reischauer | tolsot |
| IPA | [tol.sot̚] |
| Hangul | 곱돌솥 |
| Revised Romanization | gopdolsot |
| McCune–Reischauer | koptolsot |
| IPA | [kop̚.t͈ol.sot̚] |
Adolsot (Korean: 돌솥; lit. "stone pot") or gopdolsot (곱돌솥; lit. "agalmatolite pot") is a small-sized piece of cookwareorserveware made of agalmatolite, suitable for one to two servings of bap (cooked rice).[1][2][3]InKorean cuisine, various hot rice dishes such as bibimbaporgulbap (oyster rice) as well as plain white rice can be prepared and served in dolsot. As a dolsot does not cool off as soon as removed from the stove, rice continues to cook and arrives at the table still sizzling.[4]
On the bottom of a dolsot, there is a thin crust of scorched rice, to be scraped off and eaten in the case of bibimbap or made into sungnyung (숭늉, infusion) in the case of unseasoned rice dishes. In the former case, dolsot can be brushed with sesame oil beforehand to facilitate scraping.[4] To make sungnyung, the unscorched part of rice is scooped and transferred into another serving bowl right after being served, and hot water or tea (usually mild-grain teas such as barley teaorcorn tea)[5] is poured into the dolsot while it is still blistering hot. The infusion with loosened chunks of scorched rice remains warm until the end of the meal, when it is typically savored.
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