the 반찬 series: 주먹밥 korean rice balls

Jumeokbap is like a picnic staple in many k-dramas and honestly, restaurants are selling this at insane prices for such cheap everyday ingredients... I learnt to make it at home and it's super delicious and addictive! Shape it however you want or just eat it like normal mixed rice 🍛

Makes enough for 2 pax:

• 2 bowls (~1.5 cups) Short Grain Sticky Rice (super important so they stick!!)

• 1/2 cup chopped kimchi

• 1/4 cup fried spam cubes (in sesame oil)

• 1 tbsp sesame seeds

• 2-3 tbsp seaweed flakes

• 1 tbsp japanese mayo (for flavour and binding)

• 1/2 tbsp gochujang

🍘 Chop your kimchi and stir fry with a little soy sauce. Set aside

🍘 Add spam cubes to a pan and cook till spam till browned on all sides.

🍘 Mix all ingredients together and roll into balls. I like to freeze this to reheat another time, some shaped as onigiri, some in small balls. This freezes well for around 3 weeks!

I love eating this with some kind of hot stew or soup, and maybe some bbq meat! Super hearty and filling - like you're having a fun dinner with friends.

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