The Gimbap Book: Premium Gimbap & Korean Comfort Food
Gimbap is Korea's favorite grab-and-go meal: seasoned rice and colorful fillings rolled tight in crisp seaweed, sliced into perfect bite-sized rounds.
For generations, it has been part of every Korean picnic, celebration, and family gathering.
Created by a renowned Korean chef known from a popular cooking show, this book shares authentic techniques and expert tips refined over decades in the kitchen.
Start with the basics: season rice the Korean way, prepare traditional fillings from scratch, and roll like a pro.
Then explore more than 20 gimbap and rice ball recipes, from timeless classics to modern twists like Avocado, Caviar, and Ham & Cheese mini rolls.
Complete your table with the dishes Koreans always serve alongside gimbap: chewy tteokbokki, comforting fish cake soup, fresh kimchi, and refreshing noodles.
With bilingual Korean and English text throughout, every recipe is easy to follow, bringing authentic Korean home cooking right into your kitchen.
Inside the Book
Prologue
Chapter 1. Gimbap Basics
Basic Ingredients
Seaweed (Gim), Rice, Sesame Oil & Salt
Fillings for Gimbap
Rolled Omelet, Pickled Cucumber, Braised Burdock Root, Stir-Fried Carrot, Stir-Fried Fish Cake, Rice Paste for Sealing
5 Types of Pickles
Deodeok Root Pickles, Butterbur Pickles, Cucumber Pickles, Green Radish Pickles, Cabbage & Perilla Leaf Pickles
How to Roll Gimbap
Classic Gimbap, Mini Gimbap
Chapter 2. Gimbap
Classic Vegetable Gimbap
Bulgogi Gimbap
Avocado Gimbap
Tuna Gimbap
Aged Kimchi Gimbap
Spicy Green Chili Gimbap
Jeyuk (Spicy Pork) Gimbap
Siraegi (Dried Radish Greens) Gimbap
Eel Gimbap
Jinmichae (Seasoned Dried Squid) Gimbap
Chungmu Gimbap
Chapter 3. Mini Gimbap
White Pollock Roe & Cream Cheese
Dried Gourd Strip
Bulgogi
Pickled Ginger
Ham & Cheese
Spicy Anchovy
Caviar
Chapter 4. Rice Balls & Wraps
Squash Leaf Wraps
Bopuri (Seaweed Flake) Rice Balls
Kale & Tofu Wraps
Fried Tofu Pouch Rice Balls
Chapter 5. The Gimbap Table
Soup-Style Tteokbokki
Royal Court Tteokbokki
Seafood Tteokbokki
Dried Vegetable & Jorangi Tteokbokki
Korean-Style Fruit Salad
Fresh Kimchi (Geotjeori)
Korean-Style Potato Salad
Fish Cake Soup
Kimchi Mari Guksu (Chilled Kimchi Noodles)
On-Guksu (Doenjang Kalguksu)
Bibim Guksu (Spicy Mixed Noodles)
Information
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- Size: 151 x 210 x 20 mm (5.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 in)
- Language: English & Korean (Bilingual)
- ISBN: 9791124272886