Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, homemade kimchi. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Homemade Kimchi is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Homemade Kimchi is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook homemade kimchi using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Kimchi:
- Prepare 1 lb Wombok (Napa Cabbage)
- Prepare 3 cups Water
- Make ready 1 cup Salt
- Take 1 lb Radish, shredded
- Make ready 3 Onion leaves, cut into 1-inch long pieces
- Get Blended Paste:
- Prepare 1/2 Korean Pear, sliced
- Get 1 Onion, sliced
- Take Porridge:
- Take 300 ml Water
- Make ready 3 Tbsp Sweet Rice Flour
- Prepare Seasoning Mix:
- Make ready 5 Tbsp Red Pepper Powder (you can add more if you want too spicy)
- Get 100 ml Fermented Anchovy Sauce
- Take 1 1/2 Tbsp Maesilaek
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Sugar
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Garlic, minced
- Make ready 1/2 Tbsp Ginger, minced
- Take 1 Tbsp Salted Fermented Shrimp
Steps to make Homemade Kimchi:
- Cut bottom of the cabbage. Cut the leaves into bite sizes.
- Sprinkle salt evenly to all of the cabbage layer by layer. Splash water at the end. Soak the cabbage for 2 hours.
- Rinse at least 3 times through in cold water and place in a large strainer. Drain completely, about 1 hour.
- Add sweet rice powder into water and mix well in low heat. Let it cool off completely.
- Blend the Korean pear and onion.
- Combine blended Korean pear and onion, porridge, seasoning mix.
- Add the radish and green onions into the kimchi paste and mix well with your hand. (Make sure to wear a glove!)
- Toss the salted and drained cabbage and mix well until everything is evenly combined.
- Transfer to an air tight container. Enjoy!
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