Winter Kimchi
“Discover the joy of making Winter Kimchi at home. This 45-minute korean recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.”
🤖 Why This Recipe Matches Your Mood
Discover the joy of making Winter Kimchi at home. This 45-minute korean recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.
This Winter Kimchi showcases the bold, complex flavors that have made Korean cuisine a global phenomenon. Korean cooking masterfully balances fermented ingredients, fresh vegetables, and perfectly cooked proteins.
Experience why Korean food has captured the hearts (and appetites) of food lovers worldwide.
📋 Winter Kimchi
📝 Ingredients
- •1 small napa cabbage, (abt ½ kg) quartered lengthways with stems attached and washed
- •Brine solution (3- 4 liters water+ 1 ½ cups coarse salt)
- •3 tablespoons chilly paste (reduce for less spicy)/ korean gochujang paste
- •1/4 bowl cooked rice
- •150 grams radish, julienned
- •40 grams spring onions, cut into abt 2" lengths
- •15 grams chilly flakes
- •10 grams sugar
- •1 whole garlic bulb, skinned
- •2 tablespoons fermented baby shrimps/ cincalok (you can even use brined fish/anchovies)
- •1/8 cup fish sauce
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1
Soak the quartered cabbage in the brine solution for 4 hours, weighing the cabbage down with a heavy plate.
- 2
Remove and drain.
- 3
Place garlic cloves, rice, fermented shrimp, fish sauce, sugar, chilly paste and chilly flakes in a food processor and zap to a smooth paste. Stir in spring onions.
- 4
Stuff the cabbage with the paste, making sure to stuff in between the individual leaves and coating every inch of it.
- 5
Place kimchi into an airtight container and leave at room temperature for a day before leaving it to ferment further in the fridge for at least another week before consuming. I left mine for about 3 weeks.
💡 Why This Recipe?
Discover the joy of making Winter Kimchi at home. This 45-minute korean recipe delivers authentic flavors that will make your taste buds sing.
⭐ Pro Tips
- 1Read the entire recipe before starting to avoid surprises
- 2Prep all ingredients before cooking (mise en place) for a smoother experience
- 3For best results, use fresh, high-quality napa cabbage
- 4Taste as you go and adjust seasonings to your preference
🥗 Nutrition Information
Per serving
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