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Kimbap🍙

Kimbap

Seaweed rice rolls — Korea's answer to 'I need food that travels'.

20 min🍽 2 serves🔥 380 kcal

🧺 Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked short-grain rice + 1 tsp sesame oil + pinch of salt
  • 4 sheets gim (roasting seaweed)
  • 1 egg, made into a thick omelet strip
  • Ham or imitation crab, in strips
  • Pickled radish (danmuji) + blanched spinach + carrot strips

👩‍🍳 Steps

  1. 1

    Season warm rice with sesame oil and salt; let it cool slightly.

  2. 2

    Lay gim shiny-side down, spread rice thin over 2/3 of it.

  3. 3

    Line up the fillings in a neat row across the middle.

  4. 4

    Roll firmly — squeeze like you mean it, or it falls apart at the door.

  5. 5

    Brush with sesame oil, slice with a wet knife. Eat the end pieces as tax.