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Simple Napa Cabbage Kimchi Recipe from Scratch

Name: Simple Napa Cabbage Kimchi Recipe from Scratch
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 1 kg of Napa cabbage (about 2 heads of cabbage); 5 green onions, finely sliced; 1 leek, finely chopped; 1 onion, minced; 3 Tbsp minced garlic; 2 Tbsp minced ginger; 2 carrots, julienned or grated; ½ cup sea salt or Kosher salt, divided; ¼ cup fish sauce (or soy sauce to make it vegan); ¼ cup Korean chili flakes gochugaru (see notes below); 3 tsp sugar; Optional: 1 ½ tsp. salted shrimp sauce (for a more authentic flavor); Chlorine-free water as needed (I use filtered water)

Tanja Enke

5 / 1 Review

Kimchi is a Korean fermented cabbage side dish (banchan) that’s spicy, tangy, crunchy, briny, and full of health benefits.

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