Kimbap: Korean Style Sushi Roll - Great for Setsubun!. A popular Korean picnic food - Easy kimbap (Korean sushi roll) recipe! This easy kimbap somewhat resembles California roll, but as you can gather they do taste different. In my opinion, easy kimbap has more savory and subtle flavor than California roll.

Japanese sushi is made out of rice seasoned with vinegar and customarily features raw fish, seafood, and vegetables. These sushi rolls are filled with fried egg, carrot, cucumber, ham, and American processed cheese for this alternative to traditional Japanese sushi. I received this great recipe for Korean Sushi from a Korean friend of mine. You can have Kimbap: Korean Style Sushi Roll - Great for Setsubun! using 11 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kimbap: Korean Style Sushi Roll - Great for Setsubun!

You need 700 grams of Plain cooked rice.
It's 1 tbsp of Sesame oil.
You need 1 tsp of Salt.
Prepare 200 grams of Chopped beef (or pork).
It's 1 of Egg.
You need 1 pinch of Sugar.
Prepare 1/2 bunch of Spinach.
You need 1 small of amount Salt, sesame oil.
Prepare 1 small of carrot Carrot.
It's 1 small of amount Salt, sesame oil.
It's 4 of sheets Korean style dried nori seaweed (whole).

It is different and very good! Korean and Japanese people would flip if they saw you calling kimbap sushi. The main difference is sushi rice is vinegared so lightly sour, and kimbap rice uses sesame oil so is slightly sweet (fillings differ as well). Gimbap (김밥) is a classic Korean sushi rolls.

Kimbap: Korean Style Sushi Roll - Great for Setsubun! instructions

Prepare the ingredients. Beat the egg, add the sugar and cook it into a thin omelet. Cut into 1cm width strips..
Boil water in a pot and cook the spinach. It's easier to roll if it's uncut. Squeeze out the water and season with sesame oil and salt..
Julienne the carrot into match stick sizes. Add sesame oil to a frying pan and cook until the carrots have wilted. Sprinkle salt on top..
Cut the meat into thin strips and cook. Lightly season with salt..
Add sesame oil and salt into warm rice and mix well..
It's easier if you place the ingredients for the filling together..
Place the nori seaweed on a cutting board and place a large bowl full of rice on top of it. Spread the rice, covering 2/3rds of the seaweed..
Place the meat, spinach, carrot and egg omelet on top of the rice. Press the fillings in the middle to let it settle. Slowly roll..
4 rolls are complete. I wrapped pork sausages instead of meat in 2 of the rolls. You can use other ingredients like imitation crab if you'd like..
Cut off the edges and slice into 2cm width pieces..
Please serve with kimchi and salted nori seaweed..
To make salted nori, brush one side with vegetable oil (if you can, use canola oil) and sprinkle salt on top..
Preheat the frying pan and cook it lightly. It'll become crispy! Cut the sheet into 8 pieces..
I recommend placing a piece of kimbap on the salted seaweed and topping it with kimchi!.

This Korean kimbap recipe is not only delicious, but also colorful and healthy food! What is kimbap (김밥) or gimbap? Gimbap is a popular Korean style sushi roll. Gim means dried seaweed sheet (nori). Carrot, eggs, garlic, ground beef, kim, rice, salt, sesame oil, skirt steak, soy sauce, spinach, sugar, vegetable oil, yellow pickled radish.