Thursday, December 4, 2025
For today’s dinner, I made Galbi Gimbap (Pork Rib Gimbap)! I had a lot of leftover pork ribs, so I decided to use them up. I stuffed the seaweed rolls with lots of lettuce, plenty of meat, Ssamjang (Korean spicy dipping sauce), cucumber peppers, perilla leaves, and pickled radish slices (Ssam-mu). Then, I rolled them up tight.
Yum, it tasted so good! I bought a tube-type Ssamjang at the grocery store recently. It was so convenient to just squeeze it onto the ingredients. Honestly, the Ssamjang was the game changer!
In Korean households, we often make Gimbap like this. It’s super easy to just take leftovers and fresh vegetables and roll them together.
For my daughter, I made a special roll. I took out the spicy peppers and added yellow pickled radish (Danmuji) and carrots instead.
Tonight’s dinner mission: Accomplished!
| 영어 표현 | 의미 | 설명/활용 |
| leftovers | 남은 음식 | Leftover pork ribs (남은 돼지갈비). 요리 블로그에서 정말 많이 쓰는 단어예요. |
| squeeze | (튜브 등을) 짜다 | Squeeze the sauce. 튜브형 쌈장을 묘사할 때 딱입니다. |
| The game changer | 판도를 바꾼 것 (신의 한 수) | Ssamjang was the game changer! (쌈장이 맛의 핵심이었어! / 신의 한 수였어!) |
| stuff (A) with (B) | A를 B로 채우다 | I stuffed the rolls with meat. (속을 고기로 꽉 채웠다는 뉘앙스) |
| Mission accomplished | 미션 완료 / 임무 완수 | 육아나 집안일을 끝내고 뿌듯할 때 자주 씁니다. |
