Ssambap

About the dish

A healthy spread eaten in wraps. Ssambap is rice and ssamjang wrapped in lettuce, perilla or squash leaves, showing the Korean food culture of enjoying vegetables. With bossam or stir-fried pork, it becomes a hearty spread.

Key ingredient

Wrap vegetables (ssam-chaeso) — wraps like lettuce and perilla are rich in fiber and vitamins; low-calorie and filling, good for dieting; antioxidants support health. In season year-round; nationwide.

Ingredients

Main: rice, lettuce, perilla leaves, squash leaves, cabbage, rich doenjang, stir-fried pork or boiled pork · Seasoning: doenjang, gochujang, minced garlic

Simple recipe

1. Prepare wrap vegetables — lettuce, perilla, squash leaves.
2. Make rich doenjang or ssamjang.
3. Cook the rice.
4. Place rice and ssamjang on the wraps.
5. Serve with bossam or stir-fried pork.

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