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injo-gogi-bap

Injo gogi bap is a North Korean street food with rice inside a soybean-based wrapping.

About injo-gogi-bap

Injo gogi bap is a North Korean street food with rice inside a soybean-based wrapping. The rendition documented by Reuters has a sandy-coloured outer layer and a chilli-sauce topping.

The soy-based layer gives the snack its meat-like character and chewy texture, with rice providing the filling. The sauce brings a spicy flavour, although its exact composition varies between the regional accounts.

The dish is associated with North Korea’s market food culture. A rice-filled portion gives the wrapping and sauce a central role in a compact snack.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Soy.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

Ingredients in injo-gogi-bap

The rice-filled injogogi documented by Reuters.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Soybean-oil residue: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual22 dregs left from making soybean oil, pressed/rolled into wrapping. Soy identity explicit; exact prepared material/product/manufacturing formula unresolved, not equated to tofu skin or fermented soybean paste.
  • Rice filling: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual22 rice stuffed into soy wrapping; rice variety/grade/full prior cooking formula unprovided, no invented Water/Salt/SesameOil.
  • Chilli sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual22 named prepared sauce, full intended formula unprovided. Distinct regional anchovy/sand-eel/pepper variants55 do not establish membership of this unqualified sauce; no allergen absence assertion.

Origins & food traditions

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Cuisines & regions

Sources & references
  1. Fake meat and free markets ease North Koreans’ hunger — James Pearson and Seung-Woo Yeom, Reuters
  2. Ask a North Korean: what’s Pyongyang’s street food speciality? — Kim Yoo-sung, The Guardian/NK News