Preparing kimchi? This is how!
Kimchi, fermented Korean cabbage, is super popular. And you can make it too!
Ingredients (to make 2 jars of 16.9 oz)
- 1 Chinese cabbage
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 spring onions (scallions)
- 1 cooking apple
- 0.6 in ginger root, grated
- 3.25 Tablespoons carrot, julienned
- 3 cups water
- 5 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons chives
- 3 teaspoons mild chili powder
- 0.5 tablespoon chili flakes
- 4 tablespoons salt
Preparing
Cut the Chinese cabbage into wedges.
Dissolve the salt in 25.5 fluid ounces of water and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat, put the cabbage in the salt water and leave for 45-60 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together the chili powder, chili flakes, brown sugar and fish sauce. Add the minced garlic and grated ginger to the bowl. Stir well.
Slice the apple into thin strips. Whip out your chopping boards to chop the spring onion into large rings and halve the chives. Also, julienne the carrot.
Take the cabbage out of the salty water and rinse it three times. Then pat (or spin, when you have our Salad Spinner) dry and mix into the fish sauce mixture. Knead briefly.
Mix all ingredients with the cabbage, so that everything is well covered. Then put everything in the jar of our Fermenting Kit. Pour some extra liquid (fish sauce mixture) on top, if necessary, push down the pressure disk and close the jar. The cabbage should be well submerged, but not overflowing.
Place the jar in a dark cool area, but not in the refrigerator. Open the jar every other day so that the "gases" can escape, and press down the kimchi. Once it starts to ferment, it will smell and taste sour, and pressing on the contents with a spoon will release bubbles from beneath. Let ferment for 2-3 days before eating it.
Bewahre das Kimchi nach dem Öffnen im Kühlschrank auf. Kimchi ist im Kühlschrank einige Monate haltbar. Achte bei jeder Entnahme von Kimchi darauf, dass du saubere Besteckteile verwendest.
Pro-Tipp: Falls du für dein Gemüse einen intensiveren Geschmack bevorzugst, solltest du mit dem Verzehr länger warten.
