Korean Kimbap (김밥)

Name: Korean Kimbap (김밥)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup rice; 3 sheets seaweed; 2 carrots; A few handfuls of baby spinach / normal spinach; 2 eggs; Half a can of spam; 6 crabsticks / seafood sticks; Sweet pickled radish; Braised burdock; Salt; White pepper; Sesame oil; Toasted white sesame

Helen Chia @BlueFirefly

Recently, I’m watching a Korean variety show called Jinny’s Kitchen on Prime Video. It’s about Korean celebrities opening a restaurant in Balacar, Mexico, selling Korean street food like kimbap and tteokbokki. And it makes me crave for kimbap so much that I decided to make some today.

The one I made today is just a basic version of it with spam. You can add basically any kind of fillings that you want, whether it’s raw or cooked. Best enjoyed with a bowl of instant Korean ramyeon!

Helen Chia @BlueFirefly

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Ingredients

1 cuprice
3 sheetsseaweed
2carrots
A fewhandfuls of baby spinach / normal spinach
2eggs
Halfa can of spam
6crabsticks / seafood sticks
Sweet pickled radish
Braised burdock
Seasonings
Salt
White pepper
Sesame oil
Toasted white sesame

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Steps

1

Cook the rice like usual. When it’s done, season with salt and sesame oil. Then cover it with a damp cloth.
2

Prepare the ingredients :
- julienne the carrot.
- beat the eggs and season with salt, white pepper and sesame oil.
- cut the spam into stripes.
3

For the pickled radish and braised burdock, I just bought them in packet. You can find them in Korean grocery store and it’s okay to omit them.
4

Let’s start cooking! Heat the pan and add a drizzle of oil. When it’s hot, add the egg mixture and cook until golden brown. After it cooled down, cut them into stripes.
5

In the same pan, saute the julienned carrot with the leftover oil, season them with salt and pepper.
6

Then, sweat the spinach and again, season them with salt and pepper.
7

Finally, pan fry the spam until it’s crispy on the outside. You can do this without any additional oil.
8

Now, let’s start rolling! Place a seaweed on the mat (It’s okay if you don’t have a mat!) and spread the seasoned rice on top. I like my kimbap with just a thin layer of rice, you can put more if you want!
9

Layer your ingredients on top in any sequence that you like. Roll them as tight as you can.
10

After rolling, brush the surface with a layer of sesame oil. You can slice them and sprinkle some sesame seed on top, or you can just munch on them as a whole!