Atty. Woo can’t start her day without her gimbap. This baon favorite is easy to make and can be packed with all your favorite vegetables
For this episode, we’re making vegetable gimbap from the Korean series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.” In the series, gimbap is very central to the story. The attorney loves it; her father runs a gimbap store, and she can’t start her day without her baon that is gimbap.
Gimbap is a traditional baon food for kids. My own kids love this. It’s very easy to make. But I am using local vegetables.
I actually learned how to make the perfect gimbap from another Korean series called “Jinny’s Kitchen,” which starred BTS’ V.
You can also choose your kids’ favorite vegetables to put in this.
What you need:
Sheets of gim (seaweed sheets)
2 cups cooked rice
1 large carrot, raw, cut into matchsticks
1 large sayote, raw, cut into matchsticks
1 small bunch of kangkong, blanched, rinsed in cold water, and strained
Sesame oil
Sesame seeds, for garnish
Salt
Bamboo mat
Procedure:
- Arrange all the vegetables together on a plate. Season with sesame oil and salt. Set aside.
- Put a sheet of seaweed, shiny side down and longer side towards you, on a bamboo mat. Spread about 3/4 cup to 1 cup of rice evenly over the seaweed, using a rice paddle or your fingers. Leave about 1.5-inch space at the top.
- Grab another seaweed sheet, cut in half and place one half on the bottom part of the rice-covered seaweed sheet.
- Arrange the seasoned ingredients on top of the seaweed sheet.
- Lift the entire bottom edge with both hands and roll over the filling away from you, tucking in the filling with your fingers. Put firm pressure over the roll with the help of the bamboo mat to wrap everything in tightly. Continue to roll, putting pressure evenly over the roll using both hands.
- Remove the roll from the mat at the end. Dampen the edge of the seaweed sheet to seal the roll with the seam down.
- Brush the roll with a little bit of sesame oil for extra flavor.
- To slice the roll cleanly (keeping rice from sticking to the knife), lightly dampen the blade of a sharp knife. Repeat as necessary after each cut. Slice the roll into 1/2-inch thick bite sizes. (Tip: To avoid flattening the gimbap, slice in a sawing motion.)
- Put on a plate and serve.