Perilla Kimchi

This kimchi makes for a delicious banchan and a very special treat to grace your Korean table. Picking up one delicate piece of pickled perilla leaf and wrapping it around some hot rice using only a pair of chopsticks is a skill innate to all Koreans. (For everyone else, practice makes perfect.) Perilla leaves, also known as sesame leaves, are the Korean version of shiso, with smoother edges and larger leaves. They’re both in the mint family, and in the same way that there are differ