Salads

Quick Homemade Kimchi

Name: Quick Homemade Kimchi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 medium cabbage (about 2¾ lb); 4 tbsp coarse salt; 4 cloves garlic crushed; 1 tsp ginger; 3 tbsp hot paprika Korean (gochugaru); 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 3 green onions (scallion) chopped

Easy homemade kimchi with cabbage, garlic and ginger. Spicy, sour and fermented – great on the side of any dish. Full of probiotics.

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

⚖ Pareve 🥬 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan

Versions:Original 🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Slice the cabbage into rough strips.
KnifeCutting board
2
Put the cabbage in a large bowl, sprinkle the salt over it and squeeze by hand. Let stand 2–3 hours, until the cabbage loses liquid and softens.
Bowl
3
Rinse the cabbage twice in water and squeeze out the water well.
Colander
4
In a bowl, mix the garlic, ginger, hot paprika, fish sauce and sugar into a paste.
Bowl
5
Add the cabbage and the scallions and mix well with the paste.
6
Transfer the cabbage to a clean jar and pack it down well.
Jar
7
Close and leave at room temperature, away from the sun, 24 hours, to ferment.
8
Move to the fridge.
Refrigerator

109calories

6 gprotein

15 gcarbs

1 gfat

● protein 25%● carbs 65%● fat 10%

Per serving (347 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Cabbage: measured in pieces: one ≈ 1000 g · 25 kcal per 100 g · More about Cabbage →
Coarse salt: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Coarse salt →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Ginger: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 5 g · 80 kcal per 100 g · More about Ginger →
Hot paprika: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 7 g · 282 kcal per 100 g · More about Hot paprika →
Fish sauce: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 35 kcal per 100 g · More about Fish sauce →
Sugar: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 4.2 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Green onion (scallion): measured in pieces: one ≈ 15 g · 32 kcal per 100 g · More about Green onion (scallion) →

🔧 Tools needed (6)

Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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Fermented Cabbage

Fermented Cabbage · Pickles
Alternatives for this part: Vinegar-Pickled Vegetables · Salt-Brined Pickles · Makdous · Oil-Sealed Jar Pickle
Possible additions: Nigella seeds · Whole cumin · Fridge storage time · Grated carrot · Cabbage rests in salt (hours) · Garlic in the paste · Ginger in the paste · Hot paprika in the paste · Fish sauce in the paste · Sugar in the paste · Green onion · Short fermentation (hours) …

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