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garlicface
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NuKedUFirst
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intoyourrainbOW
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The garlic: try crushing them into a paste with a mortar and pestle instead of chopping them up in a food processor. My mom would never use the processor even if it meant saving a lot of time and energy. She explained to me it wouldn't taste as good and she was right. I guess the garlic oils are released differently when they are crushed as opposed to chopped, or something of that nature. Radish: adding radish definitely adds a level of freshness to your kimchi. Use a japanese mandoline slicer + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.digitalfotoclub.com/bigpics/benriner%5Cbn1.jpg) Fruit: adding fruits like apple or asian pear also adds freshness to your kimchi, and can be used to replace sugar. The paste: usually Koreans use sweet rice flour instead of western flour, but if you can't get sweet rice flour, I guess western flour is ok. | ||
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caradoc
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Tobberoth
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On August 21 2013 12:57 QuanticHawk wrote: ive seen a couple korean stews i can use this in, but what's a good dish to serve kimchi as a side to? ive only had once, but it was leftovers and kinda old and dried out and sad. this looks good though. the only korean food ive had was bulgolgi i made. pretty good, but i wanna try something else! Just do like the koreans and serve it with everything. As long as it's like the food they eat in korea (rice). | ||
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QuanticHawk
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caradoc
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You can use crushed chilis or cayenne pepper-- they're both similar, but you may lose out a bit on the slightly astringent quality of the korean flakes. It'll still taste good though. I don't *think* it'll affect your water ratios etc. very much. Try it and let me know! I would avoid anything that is like 'chili powder' -- they often use a blend of all sorts of stuff, some of which might mess with the kimchi. mizU -- report back if you try to make some! It's kind of addictive! Also, about Quantic's question of what to serve it with-- I'm gonna make another blog post about another kimchi dish today or tomorrow. (kimchi with pork belly, with rice). Tobberoth is right though-- it goes with almost anything. | ||
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QuanticHawk
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I remember seeing this recently as a way to use up some tuna and figured id give it a shot: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/kimchi-jjigae Def looking forward to another post! | ||
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caradoc
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On August 22 2013 01:46 QuanticHawk wrote: Yeah I figured store chili powder would be shitty because it is bland and typically spiced for mexican stuff. I was leaning towards cayenne and seeing what dried ones I have that I can crush up. I remember seeing this recently as a way to use up some tuna and figured id give it a shot: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/kimchi-jjigae Def looking forward to another post! oh god, that reminds me, I gotta get some tofu for the jigae. :D Haven't made that in ages. | ||
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caradoc
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Instead of salting the cabbage (this takes the longest) you can actually freeze it in advance, and take it out of the freezer when you're ready to make it-- this has the same effect as salting (makes it floppy) but is actually a lot easier. If you do this, you'll need to add a little salt to the paste. EDIT: Edited in. Thanks mods. | ||
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