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Gimbap (Korean Seaweed Rice Rolls)

A Korean dish made from cooked rice and ingredients such as vegetables, fish, and meats that are rolled in gim (dried sheets of seaweed) and served in bite-sized slices.

50 minutes
Serves 4
Lunch/Snack

Instructions

  1. 1

    Transfer the warm rice to a large bowl, gently folding in the sesame oil and salt until evenly coated. Let it cool to room temperature.

  2. 2

    Blanch the spinach for 30 seconds, squeeze out water, and season with a pinch of salt and sesame oil. Sauté the julienned carrots in a slightly oiled pan until softened.

  3. 3

    Fry the beaten eggs into a flat omelet, then cut into long, 1/2-inch thick strips. Briefly pan-fry the imitation crab sticks.

  4. 4

    Place a bamboo rolling mat flat on a clean surface. Lay one sheet of seaweed shiny-side down.

  5. 5

    Spread about 3/4 cup of the seasoned rice evenly over the seaweed, leaving the top 1.5 inches bare to seal the roll.

  6. 6

    Arrange the spinach, carrots, egg strips, crab, and pickled radish horizontally across the bottom third of the rice.

  7. 7

    Roll the bamboo mat tightly from the bottom up, squeezing gently but firmly to shape the roll into a cylinder. Rub a little sesame oil on the outside and slice into 1/2-inch pieces with a wet, sharp knife.

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