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Baekkimchi

Name: Baekkimchi
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 100 g tomato (100g); napa cabbage leaves (2 leaves); 50 g cucumber (50g); 50 g Korean radish (mu) (50g); 30 g onion (30g); 10 g garlic (10g); 5 g ginger (5g); 2 g salt (2g)

백김치

Kimchi made without the chili pepper powder

Side dishesCourse

76kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

🌱 VeganGluten-free

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About this dish

Baek-kimchi (Korean: 백김치) or white kimchi is a variety of kimchi made without the chili pepper powder commonly used for fermenting kimchi in Korean cuisine. Baek kimchi has a mild and clean flavor, which appeals to children and the elderly, to whom the regular kimchi might be too spicy. Baek kimchi consists of salted napa cabbage, radish, minari, spring onions, Korean pear, chestnuts, jujube, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, and a little bit of chili threads as garnish. Baek kimchi's mild flavor and crunchy texture makes it a good appetizer when people order main dishes consisting of beef such as galbi or bulgogi at Korean restaurants. It is also used as a wrap for baek kimchi bossam.

Description: Wikipedia — Baek-kimchi, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Tomato Stuffed White Kimchi (Sok Chaeun Daejeo Tomato Baek Kimchi)

Not spicyVeganGluten-free

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Servings1

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tomato토마토(100g)
100 g
napa cabbage leaves배춧잎(2 leaves)
cucumber오이(50g)
50 g
Korean radish (mu)무(50g)
↔ No Korean radish (mu)? Daikon is the closest. Turnip works in soups.
🛒 Where to buy: Daikon is in many supermarkets and all Asian grocery stores
50 g
onion양파(30g)
30 g
garlic마늘(10g)
10 g
ginger생강(5g)
5 g
salt소금(2g)
2 g

Nutrition per serving

76kcal

15.1gCarbs

3.5gProtein

0.2gFat

278.5mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Cut the top off the tomato and scoop out the inside.
Wash the cucumber clean with salt.
Roast the salt in a pan and brine the cabbage with it.
Put the cucumber and radish in the brined cabbage and roll it up.
Put the roll from (4) into the hollowed tomato.
Put the stuffed tomatoes in a container, pour in salt brine, and add the onion, garlic, and ginger.

💡 TipRoasting the salt and using it for the kimchi liquid lowers the sodium and lets you taste the sweetness.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.