Authentic Beef Kimbap Recipe from Korea
Kımbap, also known as gimbap, is a popular Korean snack dish that combines all the flavor of traditional Korean cuisine in one bite! This recipe for beef kimbap will give you an addictive taste experience that keeps you coming back for more. Let’s get started making this tasty treat!
Prepare the beef and the ingredients.
Start by marinating the beef in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Once that is ready, prepare your ingredients for making kimbap. This includes: strips of pressed and fermented seasoned radish (matkimchi), spinach leaves (ssukgat), and julienned carrots and cucumbers. Arrange all your ingredients and slice any vegetables into thin strips. Have the cooked rice and beef ready for assembly.
Boil the eggs, pickled radishes, spinach and cucumbers.
Start by boiling the eggs for about 8 minutes. Then, prepare the pickled radish by boiling together some water, vinegar, sugar and salt and soaking your radishes in it for at least 10 minutes. Also boil your spinach leaves and cucumbers separately in lightly salted water. Finally, drain them all and chill them to keep crisp. Now you are ready to assemble your kimbap!
Fry the beef in sesame oil with soy sauce, sugar, garlic and spring onions.
Begin by frying your beef in sesame oil, adding soy sauce, sugar, garlic and spring onions as you fry. Once the beef has browned nicely for about five minutes, turn off the heat and set aside. Your beef is now ready for use in your kimbap!
Wrap all the ingredients in warm cooked rice.
To prepare the kimbap, you’ll need to get your ingredients ready. Place the beef on top of a sheet of nori seaweed, along with cooked spinach and julienned carrots. Roll this up like a sushi roll, adding warm cooked jasmine or short grain rice over top to hold everything together. You can use a bamboo rolling mat if needed or just roll it up by hand!
Roll and cut each into bite-sized pieces before serving.
Once the kimbap rolls have been prepared, it’s time to finish up your dish! Take a sharp knife and slice each roll into bite-sized pieces, making sure that each cut is even and straight. Arrange these slices of delicious beef kimbap onto a plate and serve immediately for best results. Enjoy the amazing flavor of traditional Korean cuisine!