Kimchi is traditionally made with cabbage, spiced up with garlic, ginger and shrimp paste. It’s full of flavour, but what’s more, it’s good for you too. The cabbage is mixed with salt, which starts off the lacto-fermentation process, where naturally-occuring bacteria convert the vegetable sugars into lactic acid, a natural preservative. And, as beneficial bacteria thrive, eating it aids digestion. Try this recipe done by Stir Crazy Cooking School!
Prep time 30 minutes
Serves 10
Ingredients
Directions
Ingredients
½ Chinese or green cabbage
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2½ cm piece ginger, grated
2 Tbsp fish sauce (optional – remove if Vegan)
2 Tbsp sriracha chilli sauce or chilli paste or fresh chillies
1 Tbsp golden caster sugar
4-6 radishes, coarsely grated
2 carrots, cut into matchsticks or coarsely grated
4 spring onions, finely shredded
Directions
Slice the cabbage into 2.5cm strips.
Tip into a bowl and mix with 1 Tbsp sea salt, then set aside for 1 hr.
Meanwhile, make the kimchi paste by blending the garlic, ginger, fish sauce (if using), chilli sauce, sugar and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
Rinse the cabbage under cold running water, drain and dry thoroughly.
Transfer to a large bowl and toss through the paste, along with the radishes, carrot and spring onions.
Serve straight away or pack into a large jar, seal and leave to ferment at room temperature overnight, then chill.
Will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks – the flavour will improve the longer it’s left.
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