You read that right, rice paper kimbap! What a genius idea, I saw this on TikTok (obviously) but to add cred to the recipe, it was created by Koreans (from Korea lol). If you are trying to go for less carbs, this is a great way to do it…and this is coming from the rice queen herself. I didn’t miss the rice at all – the rice paper holds all the toppings in and wraps it up nice and tight!

This recipe starts with a full sheet of nori cut in half!

You need to find the smallest size rice paper. I compare it like a taco size? Here is the package I bought.

Soak the rice paper in water – I just do it for 10-15 seconds, flipping it a few times to get both sides

Since the rice paper is a bit wet and sticky, you immediately place it to the end of the nori. Be very careful, the rice paper is delicate!

Get the toppings onto the rice paper, I like to line it up at the edge of the rice paper to allow room for rolling up. You have to roll it up like a burrito – roll it up a little to gather the toppings together, fold in the sides and continue to roll!

See? Pretty easy, just keep rolling! The nori will hold onto the rice roll.

Boom! Mini kimbaps! I brush sesame oil on the rolls and sprinkle on some salt.

My knife isn’t even that sharp and it cut it just fine lol. Give it a try! The hardest part of this recipe is definitely getting all the ingredients prepped ahead of time and since it’s just half a sheet of nori, you have to cut all the ingredients down to size too. I think I will experiment with the bigger rice paper next time and roll up a full nori sheet.

Here’s the link to the tiktok video recipe!

Happy rolling and eating!