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🍽️ Homemade Kimchi
45 kcal · 50 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 Napa cabbage
- 0.5 radish(es)
- 3 scallions
- 6 garlic clove(s)
- 2 piece(s) ginger root (walnut-sized)
- to taste salt (approx. 300 - 400 g)
- 15 g sugar
- 2 tbsp glutinous rice flour
- 2 tbsp chili powder (Korean)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce (alternatively No Fish Sauce, if it should be vegan)
- 200 ml water
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- 1. Cut the Napa cabbage at the base and carefully tear it apart by hand into two halves.
- 2. Fan out the individual leaves and sprinkle plenty of salt between each layer.
- 3. Let the salted cabbage sit in a bowl for about 3 hours.
- 4. Roughly dice the ginger and garlic.
- 5. Cut the peeled radish and spring onions into thin strips about 4 centimeters long.
- 6. Put glutinous rice flour into a pot with 20
- 7. Stir the finely chopped spring onions and radish into the paste.
- 8. Thoroughly rinse the salt from the softened Napa cabbage.
- 9. Carefully spread the Kimchi paste between the individual cabbage leaves.
- 10. Wear gloves due to the spiciness.
- 11. Wrap the cabbage together and place it in an airtight container.
- 12. Press the cabbage down firmly to let air escape.
- 13. Fill the container to the brim with the paste.
- 14. Seal the container and let it stand at room temperature for 1 to 2 days to start fermentation.
- 15. After that, store it in the refrigerator for at least 1 week.
- 16. Cut the finished Kimchi into bite-sized pieces.
- 17. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- 18. Serve in small bowls.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 45
- Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 1 g · Carbs: 9 g