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It’s surprisingly easy to make homemade kimchi – and this one is a real fan favourite! Embrace the funk and get amongst it.
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Easy Korean Kimchi
PREP TIME
15 minutes
COOK TIME
2 hours 15 minutes
SERVES
Makes about 5 cups
Ingredients
1 (about 1kg/2.2 lb)Chinese cabbage, also known as Napa cabbage orwombok
1/3cup sea salt
¼ cup fish sauce
1/3 cupGochugaru*
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
1 tbsp white sugar
1 pear, peeled, chopped
1 medium (about 250g/9 oz) daikon, peeled, julienned
3 spring onions (scallions),sliced into roughly 4cm batons
Steps
Cut thecabbage into quarters lengthways and then cut each quarter into 2-3cm pieces crossways. Rinse under cold running water. Drain. Transfer to a very large bowl. Sprinkle with the salt and use your hands to toss to combine. Set aside, tossing every 30 minutes for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, place the fish sauce, chilli flakes, garlic, ginger, sugar and pear in a food processor. Process until smooth.
Drain the cabbage mixture. Rinse thoroughly (taste the cabbage to ensure the salt has been rinsed off). Rinse the bowl and return the cabbage to it.Addthe daikonand spring onion.
Add the chilli mixture and usetongs or yourhands (wearing gloves if desired) to massage the chilli mixture through the cabbage mixture. Taste and season with more chilli and sugar if desired. Use tongs to transfer to sterilised jars.Seal and store at room temperature for 3 days to allow the flavours to develop.Then store in the fridgefor up to 6 months.
Notes:
– Gochugaruare Korean red pepper chilli flakes. Find them online or from an Asian grocery store.
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Addicted!!!
February 15, 2024
I love Marion’s recipes. Kimchi has always been something I just could eat at Korean restaurants (and we have none close to our home) because the convenience stuff is really awful. I tried this kimchi recipe 2 weeks ago and I have almost eaten it completely! So gorgeous. Slightly salty, garlicky, spicy, sour – it is my new favorite ingredient for sandwiches, bowls, chinese stir fries a.s.o. Crazy how the flavor changed after some time and got even better! Thank you for this Marion. Today I will refill my fridge with this amazing pickle.
Nara89
Yummy Kimchi
February 5, 2024
Best Chimchi and easy to make and follow
Rhodora
best kimchi ever
January 31, 2024
I make this monthly. So easy, yet just like the best Korean kimchi in a jar. Or better!
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Easy Korean Kimchi
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Ingredients
1 (about 1kg/2.2 lb)Chinese cabbage, also known as Napa cabbage orwombok
1/3cup sea salt
¼ cup fish sauce
1/3 cupGochugaru*
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
1 tbsp white sugar
1 pear, peeled, chopped
1 medium (about 250g/9 oz) daikon, peeled, julienned
3 spring onions (scallions),sliced into roughly 4cm batons
Steps
Cut thecabbage into quarters lengthways and then cut each quarter into 2-3cm pieces crossways. Rinse under cold running water. Drain. Transfer to a very large bowl. Sprinkle with the salt and use your hands to toss to combine. Set aside, tossing every 30 minutes for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, place the fish sauce, chilli flakes, garlic, ginger, sugar and pear in a food processor. Process until smooth.
Drain the cabbage mixture. Rinse thoroughly (taste the cabbage to ensure the salt has been rinsed off). Rinse the bowl and return the cabbage to it.Addthe daikonand spring onion.
Add the chilli mixture and usetongs or yourhands (wearing gloves if desired) to massage the chilli mixture through the cabbage mixture. Taste and season with more chilli and sugar if desired. Use tongs to transfer to sterilised jars.Seal and store at room temperature for 3 days to allow the flavours to develop.Then store in the fridgefor up to 6 months.
Notes:
– Gochugaruare Korean red pepper chilli flakes. Find them online or from an Asian grocery store.
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