Scott's Recipes

Fresh kimchi

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. 1.Cut 4 pound napa cabbage leaves lengthwise once or twice into 1 inch wide strips. Cut each strip diagonally once or twice and put into a large bowl.
  2. 2.Add 6 cup water and sprinkle 4 tablespoon kosher salt over top. Toss the cabbage well with your hands.
  3. 3.Salt for , tossing every 10 minutes.
  4. 4.While it's salting, make kimchi paste: In a small saucepan add 4 tablespoons fermented salty anchovies with their liquid, 2 cup water, and 8 teaspoons glutinous rice flour. Stir.
  5. 5.Heat it over medium heat, stirring occasionally for until all the fish is melted. Strain the mixture to a large bowl. Discard the fish bones in the strainer. Let the mixture cool down.
  6. 6.Add 1 cup gochugaru and 6 teaspoons sugar. Mix.
  7. 7.Add 12 garlic cloves, 6 teaspoon ginger, and 1.5 onion to a food processor and grind for until smooth. Add it to the hot pepper mixture and stir well.
  8. 8.Add 8 scallions, 2 cup chives, and 5 cup carrot matchsticks and stir well.
  9. 9.Rinse the cabbage in cold water, changing the water a couple of times until the cabbage is very clean.
  10. 10.Drain the cabbage well and add it to the kimchi paste. Wear your kitchen gloves and mix everything well.
  11. 11.Sprinkle 4 tablespoon sesame seeds, and transfer to a plate and serve right away.