Korean Gimbap(Kimbap) with The Secret Recipe to Cook Rice Perfectly with cast iron pot

pickled radish

🥗Healthier: fresh radish

💰Cheaper: carrots

Fresh radish offers a crunchier texture.

crab sticks

🥗Healthier: real crab meat

💰Cheaper: imitation crab

Real crab meat enhances flavor and nutrition.

beef

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu is a plant-based alternative that is lower in calories.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil provides a healthier fat option.

Rinse white rice and soak for 30 minutes.

Cut the pickled radish and burdock into desired shapes.

Microwave spinach for 2 minutes and squeeze out excess water.

Add a pinch of seasoning salt and 1 Tbsp of toasted sesame oil to the spinach.

Rinse frozen fish cake with hot water several times.

In a cast iron pot, combine 2 cups of soaked rice (drained), 2 cups of purified water, and 2/3 tsp of seasoning salt.

Add 1 Tbsp of toasted sesame oil and cook on high heat for 5 minutes, then low heat for 10 minutes.

Turn off the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Prepare other ingredients by adding cooking oil, a pinch of seasoning salt, 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce, 3 Tbsp corn syrup, 1 Tbsp water or mirin, 1 tsp sugar, and 3 Tbsp chili powder to the fish cake and cook.

Cook 6 eggs with a pinch of seasoning salt in cooking oil and cool them down.

Cut the roasted dry seaweed in half with the rough side facing up.

Place the ingredients on the seaweed, brush some water to help seal it, and roll tightly with the joint facing down.

Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

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