Expats: If You Have Chinese Cabbage, Let's Make Kimchi
- 2 kg Chinese cabbage
- 120 ml Korean coarse grind red chili pepper
- 1 medium bulb Garlic
- 50 grams Ginger
- 1/2 Apple (or Asian pear)
- 1/3 large Onion
- 3 to 4 stalks Green onion
- 1/3 Daikon radish
- 3 tbsp Sakura shrimp (or dried shrimp)
- 70 ml Korean fish sauce
- 1 tbsp Flour (mixed with 3-4 times the amount of water and microwaved)
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 8 grams Dashi stock granules (I used kombu)
- Tear the cabbage into 4 or 6 pieces depending on their size.
- Add 40 g of salt to every kilo of cabbage, salting heavily on the white stems.
- Put the cabbage in a container large enough to hold them.
- Put a weight on top and leave overnight.
- I put on a large plate and placed filled water bottles on top.
- The next day, wring out the cabbage lightly, and let dry naturally.
- Blend the ginger, garlic, apple, and onion together into a paste (if you find it hard to form a paste, add fish sauce for liquid).
- Cut the daikon radish into quarters and slice.
- Cut the green onions into 3 cm pieces.
- Cut the white parts in half lengthwise.
- Add the chili pepper, fish sauce, dashi stock granules, flour paste, daikon radish and green onion to the paste from Step 4.
- Push the paste in between the white parts of the cabbages, and roll up the leaves.
- Put the cabbage into a plastic bag and leave for 1 to 2 nights at room temperature.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- Wait for at least a week before eating.
cabbage, red chili pepper, garlic, ginger, apple, onion, stalks green onion, radish, shrimp, fish sauce, flour, sugar, granules
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/140651-expats-if-you-have-chinese-cabbage-lets-make-kimchi (may not work)