Kimchi Recipe (How to Make Kimchi)

Kimchi Recipe (How to Make Kimchi)

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Learn how to make kimchi at home with this easy spicy kimchi recipe, including ingredients swaps and variations so you can make it your own way.

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Cooking tools:

  • Mixing bowl
  • Colander
  • Plate
  • Kitchen scale
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Peeler
  • Grater
  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Measuring cup
  • Wooden spoon
  • Mason jar
  • Fermentation airlock lid
  • Glass fermentation weights
  • Zip-top bag
  • Piece lid
  • Refrigerator
  • Stove
  • Fermentation membrane
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Spoon

Ingredients

  • 2 quarts unchlorinated water (filtered or bottled water are good)
  • ½ cup kosher salt or sea salt
  • 1 head (about 3 pounds; 1.3kg Napa cabbage)
  • 1 carrot (sliced into matchsticks)
  • 1 bunch scallions (end trimmed, cut into ½ inch pieces)
  • 1 small daikon radish or turnip (peeled, sliced into matchsticks)
  • ½ Asian pear (peeled, sliced into matchsticks)
  • 6 garlic cloves (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
  • 3 tablespoons glutinous rice flour
  • 1 cup gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)
  • 1/2 cup fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons salted shrimp
  • 2 tablespoons miso paste (red or white – optional, for extra umami flavor)

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