Flavour of Korea: Simple Homemade Kimchi
- 1 kg Chinese or napa cabbage
- 50 grams Salt
- 1/2 Apple
- 5 clove Garlic
- 1 thumb's worth Ginger
- 150 ml Cooled dashi stock soup....refer to
- 1/2 tbsp Sugar (dissolve in the dashi)
- 4 Green onions (chopped into 4 cm sections)
- 50 grams Daikon radish (finely chopped)
- 30 grams Chili peppers (coarsely ground)
- 10 grams Chili pepper powder
- 40 grams Salt-fermented shrimp paste
- 3 tbsp Or fish sauce
- Wash the Chinese cabbage and chop into bite-sized pieces.
- Transfer the cabbage to a large bowl and work in the salt with your fingers.
- Use a bowl or plate to apply weight to the cabbage and let soak for 3 hours.
- Discard the salt water and replace with fresh water.
- Rinse 3 or more times until the cabbage has a lightly salted flavour.
- Drain the cabbage.
- Whilst the cabbage is soaking, peel the apple, then to prepare the yangnyeom, either grate the or add the ingredients to a food processor, then mix in the ingredients listed under "Other".
- Adjust the amount of chili pepper to taste.
- Take a handful of drained cabbage at a time and wring it well.
- Add a handful of cabbage and some of the mixture from Step 3 alternately into a plastic bag or resealable container to give the cabbage a good coating.
- Leave the mixture to rest at room temperature for half a day and then store in the refrigerator.
- You can eat it from the next day.
- If you make this recipe in the morning you can serve it at lunch time.
- If you are using nam pla fish sauce instead of salt-fermented shrimp paste, there will be a higher water content; in that case, reduce the amount of dashi stock to 120 ml.
- I recommend using the salt-fermented shrimp paste.
- Chili pepper is very spicy so adjust the amount whilst checking the taste every so often.
- If you're using Korean chili peppers, they aren't as spicy, so you could use a lot.
- How about serving this kimchi with some samgyeopsal?
chinese, salt, apple, clove garlic, ginger, sugar, green onions, daikon radish, chili peppers, pepper, salt, fish sauce
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/152896-flavour-of-korea-simple-homemade-kimchi (may not work)