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Kimbap (a.k.a Gimbap)

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Korean
Cuisine Korean, lunch, snack
Servings 4 rolls

Equipment

  • 1 rolling mat
  • 1 knife
  • 1 Cutting Board
  • 1 wok
  • measuring cup and spoons

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • ½ can Spam
  • 1 bundle Spinach
  • 1 small carrot
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 sheets seaweedfor kimbap or sushi
  • danmuji pickled radish

Other Substitutes

  • ½ Cucumber imitation crab sticks, seasoned edible burdock root, cream
  • imitation crab sticks
  • seasoneburdock root

Fish Cake Seasonings:

  • 2 pieces flat odeng fish cake
  • ¼ tsp fine sea salt or to taste
  • ½ tsp chicken bouillon
  • ¼ tsp Black Pepper
  • ½ tbsp sesame oil

Spinach seasonings:

  • 1 tsp green onion finely chopped
  • ½ tsp minced garlic
  • ¼ tsp fine sea salt or to taste
  • 1 tsp roasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil

Carrot seasonings:

  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tbsp sesame oil

Instructions
 

  • Wash and drain all veggies
  • Cut danmuji, fishcake (optional), and luncheon meat in strips
  • Cut carrot in thin match stick strips. Cook with garlic and seasonings until crisp-tender.
  • Boil the spinach for 2 minutes until cooked, put in an ice water bath, and squeeze out all water with your hands. Mix with the seasonings above.
  • In a small bowl, beat eggs with a pinch of salt. Lightly grease a nonstick skillet with vegetable oil and cook eggs over medium heat. Carefully free the egg round and transfer it to a work surface to cool and cut in strips.
  • Add luncheon meat strips and cook until the edges are brown.
  • Add fishcake strips and cook with seasonings until they have softened.
  • In a large bowl, mix rice with sesame oil, crushed sesame seeds, and 1 teaspoon salt.
  • mix rice with sesame oil, crushed sesame seeds, and 1 teaspoon salt.
  • Set a rolling mat on a work surface and a sheet of nori on top of it.
  • spread rice evenly all over, and arrange your fillings across the center of the rice. I like to put more filling than rice, but it's up to your preference=]
  • Roll the bamboo mat up and away from you, curling the seaweed sheet and rice around the fillings
  • Use the fingers of both your hands to hold the filling in place as you roll with your thumbs. Secure the roll with the exposed flap of the seaweed sheet.
  • Once the roll is sealed, gently squeeze, pressing gently on the top and sides, to compress the roll slightly and seal the edge.
  • Lightly brush rolls with sesame oil if desired.
  • Cut the roll into 1/2-inch thick pieces.
Keyword easy, Korean, lunch, lunchbox, quick, simple, snacks