Gimbap
193kcal15.2g protein13.5g fat2.5g carbs*Estimates computed from the ingredient list; cost uses average US supermarket prices. Not a substitute for packaging measurements or your receipt.
Contains egg, sesame · sometimes contains gluten, dairy, peanut, tree nut, soy, shellfish, fish — check the label
Restrictions
Containsegg · sesameIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.
Sometimes contains — check the labelgluten (pickled radish, rice) · dairy (pickled radish, rice) · peanut (pickled radish, rice) · tree nut (pickled radish, rice) · soy (pickled radish, rice) · shellfish (pickled radish, rice) · fish (pickled radish, rice)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.
Diets
No pork · checkNo alcohol · check
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
Servings:
| 4 cup | cooked short-grain rice (warm) |
| 6 unit | roasted seaweed sheets |
| 2 tbsp | sesame oil |
| 3 unit | eggs |
| 1 unit | carrot (julienned) |
| 200 g | spinach |
| 6 unit | pickled radish strips |
| 250 g | cooked beef strips |
| 1 tsp | salt |
Steps
- mix3 minrice glossy but not mashedSeason the warm rice gently with sesame oil and salt, folding rather than crushing the grains. Gimbap rice should be savory and fragrant but retain distinct grains instead of becoming sushi-like paste.
- prep20 minfillings cooked, cooled and cut into long stripsCook the egg into a thin omelet and cut into strips, sauté the carrot, blanch and season the spinach, and prepare beef and pickled radish in long narrow pieces. Cool warm fillings before rolling so steam does not soften the seaweed.
- prep15 minthin even rice layer with bare top edgePlace a seaweed sheet on a rolling mat and spread a thin even layer of rice across most of it, leaving the far edge bare. Thick rice crowds out the fillings and produces oversized rolls that split.
- prep10 mintight cylinders without crushed fillingArrange contrasting filling strips across the lower third and roll firmly, using the mat to compress the cylinder just enough to hold. Pull the roll back toward yourself as you close it rather than pushing fillings forward out of the seam.
- top5 minclean bite-size slicesBrush the rolls lightly with sesame oil and slice with a sharp lightly oiled knife. Wipe the blade as rice accumulates so each round stays neat and the seaweed does not tear.