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🇰🇷 Korean
Warm bread wrapped around savoury kimchi, crunchy salad and a cool sauce — handheld happiness. Ready in 23 minutes including prep.
Prep 18 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy Ingredients
- 🧀Yogurt4 tbsp
- 🧂Saltto taste
- 🍅Tomato2, sliced
- 🫙Ginger2 cloves, minced
- 🍚Rice400 g
- 🫙Sesame Oil1 tbsp
- 🌾Flatbread or Tortillas4
- 🥬Lettuce1/2, shredded
- 🫙Nori Seaweed8 sheets
- 🫙Kimchi400 g, chopped
- 🥬Pickled Radish100 g
Optional extras
- 🌿Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish
Instructions
- 1
Season the kimchi with the garlic, salt and half the spices, then cook in the Sesame Oil until browned and juicy.
- 2
Warm the flatbreads in a dry pan until soft and pliable, about 30 seconds a side.
- 3
Stir the yogurt with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of rice vinegar for a quick sauce.
- 4
Pile the kimchi onto each bread with lettuce, tomato and the yogurt sauce.
- 5
Roll tightly, wrap the bottom half in paper, and eat while the filling is still warm.
Chef's tip
A final squeeze of rice vinegar just before serving lifts every other flavour.
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Kimchi Kimbap
- Time
- 23 min
- Serves
- 2
- Level
- Easy
- Prep / cook
- 18 / 5 min
Ingredients
- 🧀 Yogurt4 tbsp
- 🧂 Saltto taste
- 🍅 Tomato2, sliced
- 🫙 Ginger2 cloves, minced
- 🍚 Rice400 g
- 🫙 Sesame Oil1 tbsp
- 🌾 Flatbread or Tortillas4
- 🥬 Lettuce1/2, shredded
- 🫙 Nori Seaweed8 sheets
- 🫙 Kimchi400 g, chopped
- 🥬 Pickled Radish100 g
Optional
- 🌿 Perilla Leaveshandful, to finish
Steps
- Season the kimchi with the garlic, salt and half the spices, then cook in the Sesame Oil until browned and juicy.
- Warm the flatbreads in a dry pan until soft and pliable, about 30 seconds a side.
- Stir the yogurt with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of rice vinegar for a quick sauce.
- Pile the kimchi onto each bread with lettuce, tomato and the yogurt sauce.
- Roll tightly, wrap the bottom half in paper, and eat while the filling is still warm.
