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Chungmu-gimbap (Plain Rice Rolls with Spicy Squid)

One serving has 530 kcal and 23 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of copper (244%), selenium (102%), manganese (64%), folate (64%), thiamin (57%) and riboflavin (55%). Ready in 30 minutes.

Chungmu-gimbap (Plain Rice Rolls with Spicy Squid)
Photo: by Junho Jung at Flickr from South Korea, CC BY 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 20 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (283 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Pescatarian, Dairy-free
  • Contains: gluten, sesame, shellfish, soy

Ingredients

  • 90 g Rice, white, short-grain
  • 6 g Seaweed, dried
  • 90 g Squid, raw
  • 60 g Daikon radish, raw
  • 4 g Cayenne pepper
  • 8 g Hoisin sauce
  • 10 g Vinegar, white
  • 6 g Sugar
  • 4 g Garlic, raw
  • 4 g Sesame oil
  • 1 g Salt

Method

  1. Cook the rice and season lightly with a pinch of the salt while still warm; let it cool to room temperature.
  2. Cut the daikon into small cubes, toss with half the salt, the vinegar, half the sugar and half the gochugaru, and set aside as a quick radish kimchi.
  3. Slice the squid into rings, blanch in boiling water for 1-2 minutes until just opaque, then toss with the gochujang, remaining gochugaru, sugar, garlic and sesame oil.
  4. Cut the nori sheets into strips and roll each around a thumb-sized log of rice to make small plain rolls.
  5. Arrange the rice rolls on a plate with the spicy squid and radish kimchi served alongside.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy530 kcal25%
Carbohydrates92.7 g
Water156 mL
Fiber5.2 g18%
Protein23.1 g48%
Tryptophan0.23 g
Threonine0.83 g
Isoleucine0.89 g
Leucine1.5 g
Lysine1.3 g
Methionine0.46 g
Cystine0.31 g
Phenylalanine0.83 g
Tyrosine0.65 g
Valine1 g
Histidine0.42 g
Fat7 g
Monounsaturated2 g
Polyunsaturated2.8 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.31 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0.13 g
Omega-62.2 g
Saturated1.3 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol210 mg
Calcium86.6 mg9%
Copper2.2 mg244%
Iron6.6 mg37%
Magnesium98 mg32%
Manganese1.2 mg64%
Phosphorus325 mg46%
Potassium607 mg13%
Selenium55.9 µg102%
Sodium607 mg
Zinc2.9 mg36%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.63 mg57%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.6 mg55%
Niacin (vitamin B3)6.6 mg47%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.7 mg34%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.4 mg31%
Folate (vitamin B9)256 µg64%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.2 µg49%
Choline70.4 mg17%
Vitamin A93.1 µg13%
Vitamin C22.1 mg29%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E2.6 mg18%
Vitamin K5.5 µg6%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.9 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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