Tuna gimbap (chamchi-gimbap: 참치김밥)
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Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBESavory Soy Tuna and Avocado Gimbap, Four Rolls
Four full gim rice rolls filled with garlic-and-soy sautéed tuna, avocado, pickled radish and imitation crab—not a mayonnaise-style folded gimbap.
Ingredients
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Steps
- 01
Mix 4 cups hot rice with 1/4 tsp salt and 1 tsp vinegar; cool briefly until manageable.
- 02
Sauté tuna, garlic, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1/4 tsp pepper for about 2 minutes; turn off heat and optionally add honey.
- 03
In 2 tsp oil, pan-fry four crab sticks about 1 minute on one side and 30 seconds on the other, or follow package cooking instructions.
- 04
Slice avocado into strips, sprinkle with juice of half a lemon, and prepare four strips of danmuji.
- 05
Spread a quarter of the rice on one gim sheet, leaving 2–3 cm free at the far edge; add one quarter tuna filling, radish, avocado and one crab stick.
- 06
Roll four firm logs using a mat, brush with the remaining 2 tsp sesame oil, sprinkle 1 tsp sesame seeds and slice with a clean knife.
- 07
Serve promptly or keep chilled at 4°C/40°F or colder. Maximum room-temperature exposure: 2 hours, or 1 hour above 32°C/90°F.
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Before you cook
Contains fish, soy, wheat and sesame. Surimi may also contain egg or shellfish; check the package label. Handle prepared rice, vegetables and tuna hygienically and refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 32°C).
Allergens: Fish (tuna), Soy and wheat (soy sauce), Sesame, Imitation crab may contain fish, wheat, egg or shellfish: check specific label
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