How To Make Kimchi At Home…Easy Mode


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Look I’m gonna say it now, EVERYONE CAN MAKE KIMCHI EASILY AT HOME. Let’s simplify this together, and stick to a basic …

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  1. Aeneas
    Aeneas says:

    It might not be “authentic,” but when I want to make a simple kimchi all I use is Nappa cabbage, gochujang, salt, and water. That’s literally it. I salt the cabbage and wait a few hours, then drain it. Then I mix gochujang and water to make a paste, and rub it on each leaf. Then I just let it sit in a covered bowl for like 3 weeks, opening it every day to let out all the gas. It’s better than the kimchi I get at the supermarket. If I have the ingredients, I’ll add garlic, ginger, scallions, moon radish, carrots, fish sauce, etc, but those 4 basic ingredients are honestly enough for me.

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  2. SheepAmongGoats
    SheepAmongGoats says:

    For those who like high acidic/potency add up to 2 tablespoons of sugar to the mix. It will ferment quicker and definitely have more kick. I pretty much double the amount of pepper flakes too.

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  3. trex144
    trex144 says:

    You can top the kimchi with a plastic wrap. That will keep the air out and you wont have to burp the jar or worry about overflowing. You can keep the kimchi out for a day and then you should ferment slowly in the fridge. You can keep the kimchi in your frisge for many weeks even months but make sure its in the coldest part of the fridge in the back corner somwhere. Fridge temp is actually a little warmer than ideal for long term kimchi storage. You can pick up a kimchi fridge for a few thousand bucks and keep your limchibfor years even.

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  4. Sentinel Of Freedom Forever
    Sentinel Of Freedom Forever says:

    I started eating kimchi at 14 or 15 years old I was working for a Korean restaurant and they would make it there and they thought it was funny because I would just eat it out of the bulb I would put nothing on it and I guess I was the only white boy they ever saw that liked kimchi I still buy it by the gallon and I've never made it so now I'm gonna try it

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  5. TG B
    TG B says:

    I think I'm on the road to disaster – your half gallon jar converted to about 2.8 litres, which wasn't enough for the enormous amount of kimchi this makes. The paste was spread fairly thinly and wasn't red because I didn't want it to be too spicy.

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  6. Michael Young
    Michael Young says:

    My recipe is NOT traditional but I had to do what I could with the ingredients I had at home. I used normal white cabbage, (I only decided to make kimchi because it didn’t want it to go to waste!), pickling salt, red chili flakes, some paprika for color, coloratura di alici (a Italian fish sauce that’s the direct descendant of the Roman condiment garum), garlic powder, ginger powder, onion powder, a dash (very little don’t worry) of soy sauce, and some MSG powder. It went all according to plan, but there’s quite a bit of extra liquid! It was easy to cover the top. Hopefully it comes out good!!! Wish me luck! 😅

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