Kimbap! The Korean maki sushi that uses all cooked ingredients and therefore keeps longer than Japanese sushi. I followed this basic recipe over at My Korean Kitchen thoughI didn’t follow it to the letter though as you can see from the lack of tuna in my kimbaps. I used Spam, crabsticks, cucumber, that yellow pickled radish, egg omelette, and carrot – the Spam, crabsticks and carrot were fried beforehand, as in the recipe.
Ingredient estimates
Two cups of rice (using the little plastic cup that’s included – I think it’s a 160mL cup) in my rice cooker resulted in enough for 5 rolls and the amount of seasoning in that recipe was also enough for this quantity of rice. I also fried 2 eggs, about half a tin of Spam, 8 crabsticks, and half a large carrot. All the filling was used up in the 5 rolls too. I’m going to try adding beef bulgogi to my next rolls and perhaps burdock, if I can find it.
I’ve rolled maki sushi before and my mistake then was with the thickness of the rice – use a thin layer; you should be able to see the seaweed through the rice. We could only work our way through 3 of these giant rolls that dinner time. The two rolls leftover were wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in the fridge – the rice was slightly harder the next day but there was no deterioration in flavour. This would be ideal picnic food and apparently children in Korea bring it along for field trips. Do try it – rolling kimbap is much easier than it seems.
Sun, 22 Jul, 2007 at 17:13
Su-lin, this looks really yummy! We haven’t tried to roll sushi for years, and every time I tried it came out really unevenly and sort of lumpy. Yours looks so neat and uniform! And tasty.
Mon, 23 Jul, 2007 at 00:20
I agree, I love spam in sushi! I’ve only had the spam musubi, but your rolls look very festive (and well rolled too btw)
Mon, 23 Jul, 2007 at 20:29
Hi Girlie! Thank you! And do try it again!
Hi foodhoe! I haven’t had spam musubi…but from photos I’ve seen, I know I’ll like it. Thank you!
Tue, 24 Jul, 2007 at 01:21
remember making these with my korean friend when i was studying in UK… been a while now.
Tue, 24 Jul, 2007 at 18:23
Hi jasmine! Perhaps it’s time to roll them again? 🙂
Tue, 7 Aug, 2007 at 16:18
Thanks Su-Lin, you have inspired me to make some too.
Tue, 7 Aug, 2007 at 17:21
Hi umami! Your rolls look great! I like the addition of the cooked pork and the jam!
Wed, 11 Jun, 2008 at 02:50
thanks for sharing this, im making my first kimbap tonight. I’m excited.
can i just roll my kimbap without using the bamboo mat? i cant find something like that over here.
Fri, 13 Jun, 2008 at 04:02
remia: How did it turn out? I think it’s entirely possible to roll them without a mat but the mat just makes it easier. I reckon a few layers of clingfilm would also work as a makeshift roller.
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In the photo of the rolls there seems to be cucumber in them however it’s not in your list of items.
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