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Kimchi, am I doing it right?

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Frostfire
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States419 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-14 23:01:41
June 14 2012 22:54 GMT
#1
So I've decided to try to make kimchi. I started yesterday following a recipe for "cabbage kimchi" given to me by my dad. Basically, it said to allow cabbage to ferment in a sealed container, covered with salt, for 4 hours. Afterward, unseal the container and rinse the salt off. Then, massage the leaves and sprinkling korean chili powder (couldn't find, so I used regular chili powder), then put in green onion, white onion, garlic, and sugar over the leaves. I then was told to re-seal the container and put it in the fridge for 24 hours. I did so. This is what it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/HQRnO.jpg

Now I'm making stir fry with rice, carrots, cucumbers, eggs, red and green peppers, and pork.

Am I doing this correctly?

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Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
June 14 2012 22:58 GMT
#2


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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
June 14 2012 23:34 GMT
#3
Stop you're activating my taste buds and shutting down my brain :<.
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
June 14 2012 23:39 GMT
#4
I thought Kimchi is something that took months to make. 24 hours is more marinating than preserving in brine.
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Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-14 23:48:13
June 14 2012 23:46 GMT
#5
Judging from the pic, you have done something wrong. It shouldn't look like that.

That looks like a regular cabbage. The one you need to use is the Chinese Cabbage. It's quite different, a lot softer.
Sugar? Big nono.
24 hours? Not enough.
Also, if you cant find korean pepper powder you can use cajun pepper or even paprika, but not regular chilli pepper.

I wrote an easy way of making kimchi:

http://www.gosugamers.net/general/thread.php?id=350718
Angel_
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1617 Posts
June 14 2012 23:50 GMT
#6
Is kimchi spicey?
Sethronu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United Kingdom450 Posts
June 14 2012 23:51 GMT
#7
To be fair, there isn't one single way of making kimchi as there are like 10000 different varieties of it; so, it's entirely possible to see very different ways of making it without being 'wrong'. :p
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
June 14 2012 23:57 GMT
#8
On June 15 2012 08:51 Sethronu wrote:
To be fair, there isn't one single way of making kimchi as there are like 10000 different varieties of it; so, it's entirely possible to see very different ways of making it without being 'wrong'. :p


Very true. I am guessing he is going for the standard chinese cabbage one.
klibrt
Profile Joined August 2010
United States533 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-14 23:58:32
June 14 2012 23:58 GMT
#9
What..... 24hours.. my mom makes it in a day like an afternoon
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
June 15 2012 00:07 GMT
#10
On June 15 2012 08:58 klibrt wrote:
What..... 24hours.. my mom makes it in a day like an afternoon


He means 24 hours of fermentation. Kimchi usually takes about 5-7 days to ferment to a certain level. There is a reason native Koreans put those clay pots in the ground for an extended period of time.
OptimusYale
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)1005 Posts
June 15 2012 01:01 GMT
#11
Yeah you make it but leave it to ferment a long time. Savoy cabbages are a must for kimchi imo. Also, I can't imagine how bad it would taste with real chilli powder :o

And to answer the question about spiciness....depends on the type of gimchi your making but yes, it is sometimes spicy, sometimes bitter sometimes salty...depends where you make you kimchi as each region has a specific style that suits them best. Near the coasts its usually salty because they use alot of sea salt for example
fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
June 15 2012 01:26 GMT
#12
You need that Korean Chili powder. Normal chili powder is a complete different flavor profile from the korean one and will yield a drastically different finished product. There are recipes with lower fermenting times, but for most kimchi you're going to want more than 24 hours. There are shortcuts that will make a different kimchi. I would look at a bunch of different kimchi recipes and try to distill from them what's common between them all and focus on that. For the most part it's decently spicy.
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ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
June 15 2012 01:27 GMT
#13
This is the way I make napa kimchi (baechu kimchi).
1) Cut napa into quarters (each quarter should have 1/4 of the base of the napa). (can also chop into ~2cm long slices, but previous method seems easier to work with).
2) Place napa quarters in a large work bowl and rub pickling salt over as much of the cabbage as possible, cover, and refrigerate for ~3-4 hours. (can also dissolve salt in water and brine it but I prefer the previous method).
3) While the napa is refrigerating combine the following ingredients:

1/4 cup of fish sauce
1/2 cup of korean red pepper powder
5 cloves of roughly chopped garlic
6 scallions cut into ~2 cm pieces
1 tbsp of glutinous rice starch
~4 cups of water.
1 tbsp of sesame oil

The volumes I've listed are off the top of my head so adjust to what you think is appropriate for your tastes. Heat the mixture until the starch dissolves and is mixed well.

4) Take the napa out of the fridge. It should be very wilted now and there should be a lot of water that has come out of the cabbage. Rinse each quarter and then rub the mixture from step 3 onto the leaves and then place the whole thing in a large jar.

5) Seal the jar somehow and then let it sit in a cool place. The longer it sits, the longer the bacteria have to ferment and the more sour the flavor is. I prefer 1 week, some people only go 2-3 days and some people go for 2 weeks.

The great thing about kimchi is you can do whatever you want with it. Make it a few times and experiment, everyone makes it differently.
polishedturd
Profile Joined October 2010
United States505 Posts
June 15 2012 02:10 GMT
#14
On June 15 2012 08:46 Psychobabas wrote:
Judging from the pic, you have done something wrong. It shouldn't look like that.

That looks like a regular cabbage. The one you need to use is the Chinese Cabbage. It's quite different, a lot softer.
Sugar? Big nono.
24 hours? Not enough.
Also, if you cant find korean pepper powder you can use cajun pepper or even paprika, but not regular chilli pepper.

I wrote an easy way of making kimchi:

http://www.gosugamers.net/general/thread.php?id=350718



people put sugar in kimchi all the time...

paprika, on the other hand, would be weird as fuck
http://i.imgur.com/EbrnM.jpg
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
June 15 2012 02:38 GMT
#15
Japanese people only do 24h -72h because they think it will taste better.
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