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Potato Rice Balls (Gamja Jumeokbap)

Name: Potato Rice Balls (Gamja Jumeokbap)
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 80 g potato; 80 g cooked rice; 20 g minced carrot; 20 g spinach; 5 g small dried anchovies; 5 g boiled egg yolk; 1 g black sesame seeds; 2 g white sesame seeds; salt to taste; ground white pepper to taste

감자 주먹밥

Rice · Boiled

RiceCourse

240kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

No porkGluten-free

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Recipe

Potato Rice Balls (Gamja Jumeokbap)

Not spicyNo porkNo meat or alcoholGluten-freeContains: egg, sesame, fish

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Servings1

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potato감자
80 g
cooked rice밥
80 g
minced carrot당근다진것
20 g
spinach시금치
20 g
small dried anchovies잔멸치
↔ No small dried anchovies? For stock, use dashi powder or a mix of kombu and dried shiitake. Vegetarian: kombu and shiitake only.
🛒 Where to buy: Korean or Japanese grocery stores (dried anchovies are in the dried goods aisle)
5 g
boiled egg yolk삶은 달걀 노른자
5 g
black sesame seeds검은깨
1 g
white sesame seeds흰깨
2 g
salt to taste소금적당량
ground white pepper to taste흰 후춧가루 적당량

Nutrition per serving

240kcal

41.9gCarbs

8.9gProtein

5.6gFat

67mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Wash the potato well, steam it in a steamer, peel it, and press it through a sieve.
Stir-fry the minced carrot in an oiled pan and season with salt; trim and blanch the spinach, rinse in cold water, squeeze out the moisture, and mince finely.
Lightly stir-fry the small anchovies in a pan and chop them coarsely.
Put steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 in a bowl and mix with salt, white pepper, and sesame oil.
Press the boiled egg yolk through a sieve.
Shape step 4 into rounds or triangles and roll them evenly in the egg yolk, black sesame seeds, and white sesame seeds.

💡 TipBuying a shape mold lets you make more shapes.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.