Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2010

This is a very good basic kimbab recipe that covers all the basics. As other posters have noted the choice of ingredients is very much up to the individual with the only constant being the 1. Nora 2. Rice and 3. bamboo mat to roll it with. There are specialty restaurants in Korean that make dozens of varieties of this simple dish that can fit almost any taste from the vegetarian to the carnivore with pickle lovers and haters all accomodated. I would definitely recommend the use of the bamboo mat to get tighter rolls that dont fall apart (my wife uses saran wrap in a pinch and gives the mat to me) but the preparation time to make this dish can get quite extreme the more ingredients you add in. Tuna with a light mayo sauce is one popular variety, as is bbq bulgogi, but the choice is really up to the individual. Good luck and enjoy!

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cbarfuss

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2010

I agree with Jamie. This sounds awful. I can't imagine my mother putting canned tuna in kim bob, although she did say it works well with leftovers. We've done strips of steak, bulgogi, I can even see chicken in it. Normally, you'll find imitation crab, pickled radish, carrot strips, spinach cooked down in sesame seed oil along with the egg and rice.

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tmarie2715

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: May 21, 2010

LOVE the beef flavor in the sushi. I didn't follow it too precisely, but I have no complaints.

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Kevin

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2010

I can tell this is not 100% authentic, and if there was a way to put 4.5 instead of 4 or 5 separately, I would, because this is AWESOME. Also some advice for the rice for people doing this, you should add a little oil, it makes it quite more tasty. Also, this is GREAT with JUST BEEF or JUST FISH, together it is kind of odd to me, but that's just me...

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NOT a girl

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2010

Kim-Bop is delicious. Try it with just tuna, som elong pickled radish (you can find this is a asian speciality store) and some carrot. This brings back find memories of Korea with late night norrey-bongs and kimbop with some soju. Mah-Ju-Soy-Oh!

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Minniethepooh

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2009

I have lived in Korea for 3 years. Right now I eat tuna kimbop almost every day for lunch, and it DOES have canned tuna in it. In all the restaurants. So to the full Korean who was born in America, you need to visit Korea before criticizing the writer of the recipe.

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ama

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2008

My mom brushes sesame oil, lightly salts then toasts the nori sheets over a gas burner. The toasted sheets were then quartered into small sheets and eaten as a "side". This process really brings out the flavor (sort of like toasting nuts). Her rolls are made with untoasted nori, bulgogi, egg, fish cake, spinach salad, pickled radish and sometimes julienned carrots or korean cucumber salad... I think the ingredients vary depending upon what is on hand or in season. This is a recipe that can be modified to suit your taste and to use up leftovers... Very versatile.

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DekalbEpicurean

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Naperville, Illinois, USA

Living In: Dekalb, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2008

This is pretty close to the kim bop my exchange student made for us.

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ALAINDREA

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2008

I'm full Korean - born and raised in America - and this is not very authentic. Canned Tuna Or usually any kind of tuna is not used in Korean sushi, and baking is not necessary for the Nori, using as is out of the package is fine. Other than that, everything else would be great except using chard, usually we use spinach. Other than that, an average sushi dish. Wouldn't recommend it though.

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Ashley Choi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2007

This recipe was given me by my dear friend Sunyoung (spelling) who was an exchange student from Korea who taught me how to make it. So i can honestly say that this recipe IS AUTHENTIC!!!

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