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Whole Napa Cabbage Kimchi
Baechu Kimchi
- Makes
1 gallon
- Difficulty
Easy
By Sohui Kim
Published 2018
This is the master kimchi recipe, the one that non-Koreans think of when they hear the word kimchi—baechu means “cabbage.” It’s also known as poggi kimchi: Poggi means “fold,” since you fold up whole cabbages and ferment them. This would traditionally have been made after the cabbage harvest as a way to preserve it. You’d pack the cabbage into clay pots, sometimes buried underground to keep them from freezing in the colder months, pulling out what you need all winter lo
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This worked really well. My ingredient ration ended up a little heavier on the mooli and lighter on the napa cabbage, but still worked just fine and made 1.5 jars worth of kimchi. It's amazing how long it lasts, too—the fermentation really does preserve it and months later it still tastes great.