Kim Chi
- 2 each cabbage
- 1 cup salt
- 1 pound daikon (chinese icicle radish)
- 4 each garlic cloves
- 1 each celery stalks
- 4 tablespoons sweet red bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon sugar granulated
- 1 each pears
- Quarter the cabbage and place together with the outside leaves in a large bowl.
- Sprinkle on the salt.
- Let stand 3 hours, turning occasionally.
- Peel the daikon and cut into long thin strips.
- Cut the onions into 1 inch strips and then shred lengthwise into slivers.
- Mix the daikon and onion strips together in another bowl and let sit while the cabbage and salt mixture is sitting.
- Peel and mince garlic and gingerroot.
- Cut celery into 1 inch lengths and shred lengthwise.
- Peel, core, and slice the pear and then cut into long strips.
- Mix these ingredients together with the cayenne and granulated sugar and combine into the daikon and onion mixture.
- The cabbage will have produced a brine after sitting.
- Remove the outer leaves from the brine and set aside.
- Take a quarter of the cabbage head, rinse it under running water then pack the daikon and onion mixture between the leaves.
- Set it in the bottom of a crock or other container.
- Repeat this procedure with the remaining three quarters.
- Any remaining mixture should be layered over the cabbage.
- Press down.
- Place the outer leaves in a layer on top of the cabbage and cover the crock.
- Set a small weight on top of the cover and let sit for 3 days.
- The longer it sits the stronger it gets!
- It can be stored for a month prior to opening.
cabbage, salt, chinese icicle radish, garlic, celery stalks, sweet red bell peppers, sugar, pears
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/kim-chi-47728 (may not work)