Quick Kimchee

Name: Quick Kimchee
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) kimchee
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 75 g (2½ oz) caster sugar; 5 cm 2 inch) ginger; 5 cm 2 inch) piece pineapple, pear or apple; 10 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp sea salt; 1½ tbsp light soy sauce; 150 g 5 oz) carrots, julienned; 30 g 1 oz) gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes); 1½ tbsp fish sauce; 1 small Chinese cabbage (wong bok or Napa) (700 g/1 lb 9 oz after trimming)

Preparation info

Makes
500 g
kimchee

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

My Asian Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2018

About

In Korea they sell small refrigerators to store your kimchee, so the lingering odours don’t overpower your kitchen. This fresh version uses fish sauce in place of the little prawns that usually help kimchee ferment – it is therefore less ‘funky’ smelling.

Ingredients

1 small Chinese cabbage (wong bok or Napa) (700 g/1 lb 9

Asia
Korea
Preserve
Pescatarian

Method

Halve and core the cabbage, then cut into 6 cm (2½ inch) chunky pieces. Place in a large bowl with 1 litre