Maangchi's original tuna-and-kimchi triangle gimbap video
Original creator video demonstrates tuna and kimchi options; this simplified adaptation uses tuna only.
Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBEKorean Tuna-Filled Samgak-Gimbap (8 Triangle Rice Packs)
A Korean convenience-store-style rice snack: lightly seasoned rice is pressed around soy-garlic tuna and wrapped in special numbered seaweed packaging. This is a tuna-only simplification of Maangchi's tuna-and-kimchi recipe.
Ingredients
servings: 4 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Put 4 cups warm cooked rice in a wide bowl. Dissolve 1 tbsp vinegar, 2 tsp white sugar and 1/4 tsp salt; fold into the rice and cool briefly until comfortable to handle.
- 02
Thoroughly drain one can of tuna, mince one garlic clove and gently break up large tuna chunks.
- 03
Warm 1 tsp oil over medium heat. Stir-fry tuna with garlic, 2 tsp soy sauce and 2 tsp brown sugar until almost dry and steaming hot, then turn off the heat.
- 04
Mix 1 tsp each sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds and 1/4 tsp pepper into the tuna. Prepare a triangle mold and eight numbered seaweed wrappers.
- 05
Fill a triangle mold about two-thirds with rice, add one-eighth of the tuna to the center, cover with rice and press firmly. Release the triangle and repeat for eight pieces.
- 06
Without removing the special plastic liner, place the rice triangle on the numbered seaweed sheet as the package instructs, fold the sheet and secure with its sticker.
- 07
At serving time remove plastic tabs 1, 2 and 3 following the wrapper instructions. Serve promptly. For a lunchbox, refrigerate promptly or use an ice pack to keep it chilled.
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Before you cook
Contains fish (tuna), soy/wheat (soy sauce), and sesame (oil/seeds); this variant omits the original kimchi filling. Do not leave cooked rice and tuna at room temperature. Eat promptly or refrigerate at 4°C/40°F or below within two hours, preferably sooner, and use an ice pack when carrying as lunch. Check labels.
Allergens: FISH, SOY, WHEAT, SESAME, CHECK_PACKAGED_TUNA_AND_WRAPPER_LABELS
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