Simple Napa Cabbage Kimchi Recipe from Scratch - Bloomcooking

Simple Napa Cabbage Kimchi Recipe from Scratch - Bloomcooking

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Making kimchi from scratch is a labor of love, but it’s well worth the effort. I love getting in there with my hands and working the cabbage. It feels like...

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of Napa cabbage (about 2 heads of cabbage)
  • 5 green onions, finely sliced
  • 1 leek, finely chopped
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 3 Tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 Tbsp minced ginger
  • 2 carrots, julienned or grated
  • ½ cup sea salt or Kosher salt, divided
  • ¼ cup fish sauce (or gluten-free soy sauce to make it vegan)
  • ¼ cup Korean chili flakes gochugaru (see notes below)
  • 3 tsp sugar
  • Optional: 1 ½ tsp. salted shrimp sauce (for a more authentic flavor)
  • Chlorine-free water as needed (I use filtered water)

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