Snowman Rice Balls (Jumeokbap) for Christmas!
Snowman Rice Balls or Jumeokbap is a great delicious savory treat that's decorated with all edible dried seaweed (gim or nori), perilla and carrots. Great for parties and fun project to do with kids for the holidays.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups cooked rice ((short grain))
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt ((good sea salt is best))
- black sesame seeds
- 1 sheet nori ((kimbap gim / 김밥 김))
- 1 perilla leaf
- 1 small carrot
Instructions
- 1
Cook rice to make about 4 cups. If you cook about 1 1/2 cup uncooked rice, it should be plenty.
- 2
While the rice is cooking, prepare the stuffing.
- 3
SPAM: Cut spam into thick strips and fry them in the pan with a drizzle of soy sauce and red chili pepper.
- 4
Ground beef: Cook 3 oz of ground beef in a pan with 2 tsp of soy sauce, 2 tsp of sugar, 1 tsp of mirin (rice wine), 1/2 tsp of garlic powder (or fresh chopped garlic), sprinkling of black pepper and toasted sesame seeds.
- 5
EGG JIDAN: Lightly whisk 2 eggs and season with salt. Pour it into a heated frying pan on medium heat. When edges are cooked, turn it over and cook for a short time. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into thin slices.
- 6
Cut perilla leaf into strips - to make snowman muffler.
- 7
Cut Gimbap Gim (Sushi Nori) to make the hat, eyes, mouth, buttons and muffler. See video for details.
- 8
Peel and cut carrot slice into tiny triangles to make the nose. See video.
- 9
Season cooked rice with sesame oil and salt. If using sea salt, use about 1/2 tsp per 4 cups of rice. Use less if it's table salt or something saltier than sea salt. Mix rice. Cover and set aside.
- 10
Make snowman's head and body by lining a small bowl with plastic wrap and then spreading rice around the bottom part of the bowl.
- 11
Place stuffing in the center of rice and then close up the saran wrap to make it into rice ball.
- 12
Place head rice ball on top of body rice ball. Decorate with cut gim pieces to make the snowman face and body buttons (dried seaweed).
- 13
You can serve some dipping soy sauce and wasabi for people who have the heart to break up the snowman and eat it!!