Epic gimbap recipe (kimbap) & video
Epic Gimbap Recipe (Kimbap)!
Today we are making gimbap!!! Gimbap is one of my absolute favorite food from Korea, I have eaten countless gimbap throughout my 38 years of life from Korea to America, and I have made countless gimbap recipes at home. Nowadays, there are many restaurants specializing in gimbap and various and unique gimbap in Korea, but when I was growing up in Korea, gimbap restaurant wasn’t a thing. So all I knew about gimbap was my mom’s and my friends’ moms’ gimbap. Every family had different recipes, ingredients, tips, and tricks to make it perfect. Of course, my mom had a couple of secrets, too, for her gimbap recipe.
My mom’s secret gimbap recipe key points were seasoning the rice and adding ground beef bulgogi. Nowadays, it’s common to season rice for gimbap, but back then, not everyone did that. Also, bulgogi gimbap is the most popular and known gimbap menu these days, but back then, most moms made gimbap with ham, and that was classic. Adding bulgogi to gimbap was very rare, and all my classmates and even teachers wanted to swap my mom’s gimbap with their classic ham gimbap. Growing up, my other favorite gimbap were tuna gimbap, cheese gimbap, and kimchi gimbap. After so many gimbap restaurants opened up and my sisters and I were all grown up, my mom stopped making gimbap at home. I understand because gimbap can be lots of work. I still do miss my mom’s gimbap she used to make back then, though. Read More…
