Tuna Mayo Korean Rice Balls (Jumeok Bap)
An easy snack or favorite picnic item: Korean Rice Balls! Also known as Jumeok Bap, these savory balls of rice are flavored with canned tuna, roasted seaweed (gim), fish roe, and sesame seeds. A great leftover rice recipe for the whole family. Good for a quick meal, delicious snack, or side dish with dinner. Jazz up regular white rice with a few ingredients and put on the table in 15 minutes!
Servings: 10 balls
Calories: 110kcal
Equipment
- Large Bowl
- Plastic food service gloves
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked white rice *preferably sushi rice or short grain rice
- 1 150 gram can Canned Tuna
- 1/4 cup Masago *capellini fish roe
- 2 Tbsp Kewpie Mayo
- 2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 2 green onion
- 2-3 small packages roasted seaweed snack (gim)
Instructions
- Season the rice. In a large bowl, add the rice. Drain the canned tuna and add to the rice. Add green onion, capellini fish roe (masago), sesame seeds, and Kewpie mayo. Using food service gloves, crumble the packages of roasted seaweed snack (gim) with your hands; make sure they are crumbled into small, uniform pieces. Mix everything together with your hands until all the ingredients are evenly distributed in the rice.
- Shape into balls. Grab about 2-3 Tbsp of seasoned rice with your hands and shape into a ball. Roll evenly between your two hands and press together tightly, so it sticks together. The goal is a smooth-shaped ball that holds together when placed onto a plate. Set aside on a clean plate. Continue shaping into balls until there is no rice left.
- Serve. Sprinkle furikake on top of the rice balls. Or, roll the rice balls into furikake. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 54IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg