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

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.