Make your own gut loving Kimchi easily at home with simple ingredients and add it to all your favourite dishes. Ready in around a week.
STEP 1
Roughly chop the cabbage and massage in the salt and leave for 15 minutes.
STEP 2
Prep ingredients for the marinade.
STEP 3
Blitz marinade ingredients in the food processor until smooth.
STEP 4
Add the marinade and remaining vegetables and mix to thoroughly coat. You’re ready to ferment! Follow instructions below.
Make Your Own Kimchi
Kimchi is a staple of Korean cuisine, gaining popularity in the West as a delicious, spicy side to savoury dishes. Its crunchy texture and spicy taste make for a great addition to dishes such as fried rice, noodles or fritters.
Being a fermented food, Kimchi is perfect for healing your families gut health, especially in this crazy time of COVID-19, anything that can make our bodies healthier and stronger is really important now.
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Make Your Own Kimchi
- Total Time: 120 hours 25 minutes
Description
Make your own Kimchi easily at home with simple ingredients and add it to all your favourite dishes. Ready in around a week.
Ingredients
- 1 Chinese cabbage
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 red capsicum
- 2 carrots
MARINADE
- 2 spring onions
- ½ red capsicum
- 2cm piece ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 red chillies
- 1 tablespoon Gochugaru chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
Instructions
Roughly chop the cabbage and massage in the salt and leave for 15 minutes.
Place all the marinade ingredients into a food processor and blitz to a paste.
Once the cabbage has sweated, add the marinade and remaining vegetables and mix to thoroughly coat.
Compact into a sterile jar, pushing down firmly to release liquid to cover. Cover with lid, if jar is full store on a tray in the laundry as it may leak. For 5 days burb the jar, by removing the lid and releasing gas.
Refrigerate once ferment is to your liking.
Notes
Store in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to 12 months.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 days
WHERE TO BUY A FERMENTING CROCK?
I recommend the Mad Millie Fermenting Crock for any foodie fermenting. We have been using in our household for years now and the results are always great. The Crock is easy to use, looks great and can be emptied and washed easily once you’re done. Buy yours below!
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