Kimchi

The most famous Korean side dish

Korea

Side dish
2 persons
1740
Medium

Kimchi is one of Korea's most famous and healthiest dishes. You can also make Kimchi yourself. It is not difficult, just takes a day's time. But you can keep it for up to 3 months! There are more than 100 variations of Kimchi, so get creative and make your own delicious kimchi.

Ingredients

- 50 g Hot Red Pepper Powder

- 150 ml Fish Sauce Nam Pla Wan

1 Chinese cabbage (approx. 2 kg)

2 tbsp Salt

50 g Sea salt

500 g Daikon, peeled and thinly sliced

5 Garlic cloves, sliced

40 g fresh Ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

½ red onion, sliced

1 Kiwi, finely chopped

1 tbsp Sugar

Preparation method for Kimchi

Cut the Chinese cabbage into thin strips.
Place in a bowl, add water and 2 tablespoons salt. Leave for 2 hours.
Drain the Chinese cabbage and sprinkle with sea salt. Make sure that all of the cabbage is covered with salt, then leave to stand for 2 hours.
Rinse the soaked cabbage and place in a large bowl.
Remove the peel from the daikon, garlic, ginger and onion and cut into thin slices. Finely chop the kiwi.
Mix the above ingredients well with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 50 g of chili powder and add to the Chinese cabbage. Again, make sure that all the cabbage leaves are covered.
Place the kimchi in an airtight container.
The kimchi should first be left in the fridge at room temperature for 5 hours and then placed in the fridge for 24 hours. After that, your kimchi is ready!