Korean Beef Gimbap (Soy-Marinated Beef Seaweed Rice Roll)
Sogogi-gimbap is a Korean seaweed rice roll featuring beef marinated in soy sauce and sugar, then stir-fried. The sweet-savory beef is rolled alongside sesame-seasoned rice, blanched spinach, sauteed carrots, and thin egg omelet strips inside a sheet of gim. The soy marinade from the beef seeps slightly into the rice, distributing flavor evenly through each cross-section slice. Thinly cut against the grain, the beef stays tender when bitten, while the spinach and carrot provide crisp texture and vegetable sweetness to balance the richness.
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Instructions
- 1
Marinate beef in soy sauce and sugar for 10 minutes, then stir-fry in a pan.
- 2
Blanch spinach and season with sesame oil and salt; julienne and sauté carrots.
- 3
Make a thin egg omelet and cut into long strips.
- 4
Season rice with sesame oil and salt, spread thinly on seaweed.
- 5
Arrange beef, spinach, carrot, and egg, roll tightly, and cut into pieces.
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