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Kimchi

Name: Kimchi
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 40 g Required ingredients: cucumber chili peppers (oi gochu) (40g); 5 g garlic chives (yeongyang buchu) (5g); 5 g lotus root (5g); 5 g Korean radish (mu) (5g); 8 g Brine: seafood broth (8g); 3 g fish sauce (eogan-jang) (3g); 3 g Seasoning: gochugaru (Korean chili flakes) (3g); 3 g ginger syrup (saenggang-cheong) (3g); 1 g toasted sesame seeds (1g)

김치

Traditional Korean dish of fermented vegetables

Side dishesCourse

16kcal · per serving

3/5Spice

🌱 Vegan

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About this dish

Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish (banchan) consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most often Chinese cabbage or Korean radish. A wide selection of seasonings are used, including gochugaru (Korean chili powder), spring onions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal (salted seafood). Kimchi is also used in a variety of soups and stews. Kimchi is a staple food in Korean cuisine and is eaten as a side dish with almost every Korean meal. There are hundreds of different types of kimchi made with different vegetables as the main ingredients. Examples of variants include baechu-kimchi, kkakdugi, chonggak-kimchi, and oi-sobagi.

Description: Wikipedia — Kimchi, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Stuffed Chili Pepper Kimchi (Gochu Kimchi)

🌶 Spicy 3/5VeganContains: gluten, soy, sesame

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Servings1

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Required ingredients: cucumber chili peppers (oi gochu)필수재료 : 오이고추(40g)
40 g
garlic chives (yeongyang buchu)영양부추(5g)
5 g
lotus root연근(5g)
5 g
Korean radish (mu)무(5g)
↔ 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
5 g
Brine: seafood broth절임물 : 해물육수(8g)
8 g
fish sauce (eogan-jang)어간장(3g)
3 g
Seasoning: gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)양념 : 고춧가루(3g)
↔ No Seasoning: gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)? Mix 2 parts sweet paprika with 1 part cayenne or red pepper flakes. Less smoky and a bit hotter, so start with half.
🛒 Where to buy: Korean or Asian grocery stores (H Mart, Lotte Plaza), the international aisle of large supermarkets, or online
3 g
ginger syrup (saenggang-cheong)생강청(3g)
3 g
toasted sesame seeds통깨(1g)
1 g

Nutrition per serving

16kcal

2.6gCarbs

0.6gProtein

0.3gFat

16.8mgSodium

Steps

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

Slit open the cucumber chili peppers, remove the seeds, wash them, and brine them in the brine.
Finely chop the garlic chives and lotus root, and cut the radish into thin strips.
Add a little brine to the prepared chives, lotus root, and radish and brine them.
Mix the chili flakes, ginger syrup, and toasted sesame seeds into the brined vegetables to make the filling.
Stuff the filling into the cucumber chili peppers.
Put the chili peppers in a bowl and pour the remaining liquid over them to finish.

💡 Tip- Lotus root, chives, and ginger syrup replace the salted seafood normally used in kimchi, enhancing its distinctive flavor and aroma.

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.