Make Snowman Rice Balls (Jumeokbap) for Christmas Holidays!

By Kimchimari · 30 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Cook the rice to make about 4 cups. About 1 1/2 cups of uncooked rice should be enough.
2. Prepare the fillings while the rice cooks: SPAM strips fried with a little soy sauce and red chili pepper; ground beef cooked with 2 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp mirin, 1/2 tsp garlic powder (or fresh chopped garlic), black pepper and toasted sesame seeds; egg jidan made from 2 lightly whisked eggs seasoned with salt, cooked in a pan on medium heat, flipped briefly, then cut into thin slices.
3. Cut the perilla leaf into strips for the muffler. Cut the gim (sushi nori) into pieces for the hat, eyes, mouth, buttons and muffler.
4. Peel the carrot and cut a slice into tiny triangles for the nose.
5. Season the cooked rice with 2 tsp sesame oil and salt, using about 1/2 tsp of sea salt per 4 cups of rice (less for table salt or saltier salt). Mix, cover and set aside.
6. Line a small bowl with plastic wrap and spread rice around the bottom part to shape the head and body.
7. Place the filling in the centre of the rice, then gather the plastic wrap to form a rice ball.
8. Set the head ball on top of the body ball, then decorate with the cut gim pieces for the face and buttons.

Summarized from Kimchimari's video. Watch it for the details.

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