Sausage and Rice Recipe: 5-Min Korean Sausage Butter Rice
Of all the sausage and rice recipes out there, this one might just be the fastest and the most delicious. It’s a 5-minute, one-pan Korean sausage butter rice. Salty Korean soy sauce and rich, nutty buttery eggs, then everything slides onto warm rice. No extra seasoning. No broth. Just one pan and five pantry ingredients, the best lazy dinner that requires zero effort. And this easy sausage rice recipe tastes better than the ones that take 30 minutes to make.
Why this sausage and rice recipe beats every other version
Lazy Korean home version
Most sausage and rice recipes you’ll find online are Western-style: cajun seasoning, stock and paprika, or scrambled egg with melted cheese. All good. But this sausage butter rice needs none of that, no powders, no broth, just three things: Jin Ganjang (진간장, Korean dark brewed soy sauce), mirin, and butter. That combination caramelizes in the pan in under 4 minutes and creates a sauce that’s full of deep umami flavor.
The soy-butter magic
Other recipes spend 15 to 30 minutes simmering stock or stir-frying rice. This easy sausage rice recipe does it in 4 minutes. No fried rice. No stock. Just sausage and egg, tossed in that soy-butter sauce, then piled straight onto warm rice. The best lazy dinner and it somehow tastes better than the versions that take six times as long.
Ingredients of Korean Sausage Egg Rice
Main Ingredients
Toppings (optional)
How to make sausage and rice recipes in 5 minutes
Step 1. prep (while the pan heats)
Slice sausages into 0.5cm rounds. Thinly slice green onion for garnish.
Step 2. Sear the sausage
Heat olive oil in a pan. Add sausage rounds and cook until golden on both sides.
Step 3. The soy-butter egg fry
Add butter to the pan and let it melt. Push the sausage to the edges of the pan to clear a space in the center. Crack both eggs into the middle.
Add soy sauce and mirin. Cook the eggs to your liking, but a runny yolk is strongly recommended for that rich, nutty flavor.
Step 4. Assemble
Scoop rice into a bowl. Slide eggs, sausage, and every drop of soy-butter sauce from the pan directly on top.
Scatter green onion and sesame seeds. Mix well with rice and enjoy!
My kitchen failures with this sausage butter rice and how I fixed them
Substitutions & how to adapt
| Ingredient | Best substitute |
| Mirin | Cooking wine or white wine |
| Jin Ganjang (Korean soy sauce) | Tamari (gluten-free) · regular soy sauce |
| Pork sausage | Chicken sausage · Vienna sausage · cubed Spam |
| Green onion | Chives |
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FAQ
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Korean Sausage Butter Rice
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 sausages
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp Korean soy sauce (Jin Ganjang)
- 1 tbsp mirin substitute: cooking wine, white wine
- 1 bowl cooked rice
Toppings
- 1/4 stalk green onion optional
- 1 tsp sesame seeds optional
Instructions
- Slice the sausages into 0.5cm thick rounds.3 sausages
- Thinly slice the green onion for garnish.1/4 stalk green onion
- Heat olive oil in a pan and cook the sausages.1 tbsp olive oil, 3 sausages
- Once the sausages are golden brown, add the butter.1 tbsp butter
- Crack 2 eggs into the pan.2 eggs
- Add soy sauce and mirin, then fry the eggs.1 tbsp Korean soy sauce, 1 tbsp mirin
- Scoop rice into a bowl and top with the eggs, sausages, and all the soy-butter sauce from the pan.1 bowl cooked rice
- Finish with sliced green onion and sesame seeds1 tsp sesame seeds, 1/4 stalk green onion
Nutrition
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