Chungmu Kimbap
Chungmu kimbap is seaweed rice rolls originated from Tongyoung, Korea. It's wrapped with plain rice, served with spicy radish and squid salad
- Prep time
- 2 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 seaweed sheets (gim)
- 3 cups cooked short grain rice
- 2 garlic cloves
- ¼ large onion
- 1.5 tablespoon Korean anchovy sauce
- 1.5 lb Korean radish
- 1 tablespoon Korean coarse sea salt
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 tablespoon Korean chili flakes (gochugaru)
- 1 tablespoon Korean plum extract (maeshil cheong) (optional)
- 1 lb squid (cleaned and dice)
- 2 sheets (4 oz fish cakes)
- 2 tablespoon Korean chili flakes (gochugaru)
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon Korean plum extract (maeshil cheong) (optional)
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- dash black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Peel the radish and slice it in free form to get ½" on the thickest part.
- 2
Dissolve salt, sugar, and vinegar in a bowl and soak the radish slices for 2 hours. Drain well. Set aside.
- 3
In a blender, puree garlic, onion, and anchovy sauce together until smooth. Reserve 2 tablespoon of the puree.
- 4
To make the radish side dish, combine the onion puree (except the reserved 2 tablespoon) with the rest of the radish ingredients. Mix well. Toss with the radish. Let it sit on the counter for a day to ferment if the permits.
- 5
For the squid and fish cakes, blanch the squid in a boiling water for 30-60 seconds and drain well, place on a mixing bowl and set aside. Slice the fish cakes into desired bite size. Add to the squid. In a small bowl combine the remaining 2 tablespoon of the onion puree with the rest of the ingredients; mix well. Pour the seasoning into squid and the fish cakes and toss well to incorporated everything.
- 6
Cut each sheet of seaweed into 6 equal segment. Spread a little bit (about 2 tablespoon) of rice over the seaweed pieces and roll it up. Serve the seaweed rice rolls with the 2 side dishes.