3 spicy garlic spinach with sesame seeds and rice Recipes

asian short-grain white or sushi rice, water, flat-leaf spinach , stems discarded, fresh soybean or mung-bean sprouts, trimmed, carrots, zucchini, trimmed, drained preserved fiddlehead fern stems (also called bracken fern, kosari, or warabi; optional), vegetable oil, fresh shiitake mushrooms , stems discarded and caps cut into very thin slices (2 cups), chopped garlic (from 4 cloves), salt, asian sesame oil, sesame seeds, toasted and coarsely chopped, eggs, korean hot-pepper paste (sometimes labeled gochujang ), by 3-inch) sheets toasted nori (dried laver, preferably seasoned), cut into thin strips with scissors, accompaniments: packaged cabbage kimchi (korean spicy pickled cabbage) or other vegetable kimchi

grated fresh ginger, boneless skinless chicken breast halves, soy sauce, mirin (japanese sweet rice wine), asian chile paste with garlic, asian sesame oil, dried or 16 oz fresh udon noodles, baby spinach , coarse stems discarded, garnish: julienne scallions and toasted sesame seeds