Seungwoo Dad's Deulgireum Kimchi Bokkeum

A basic stir-fried kimchi side dish that uses perilla oil instead of sesame oil to enhance flavor and maximizes moisture and red color with kimchi brine.

🙋 Recommended for

  • Those who want to make a basic yet delicious kimchi side dish for the table.
  • Those who want to use sour kimchi to make soft and savory rice thief side dish.

Ingredients needed 🛒3 servings

  • 1/4 head of kimchi
  • plenty of deulgireum
  • 1/2 cup kimchi brine

Recipe 🍳

  1. Place the kimchi on a cutting board and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Generously coat a pan with deulgireum (perilla oil), not sesame oil.
  3. Add the chopped kimchi and begin stir-frying.
  4. To prevent the kimchi from turning pale and burning only on the surface, gradually add the remaining kimchi brine while stir-frying.
  5. Continue stir-frying, cooking until the liquid is absorbed and the kimchi becomes soft and tender with a glossy texture.
  1. Cut kimchi into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Heat deulgireum in a pan and add the kimchi, stir-frying.
  3. While stir-frying, add kimchi brine little by little and cook until the kimchi is soft and turns a vivid red, almost like reducing the liquid.

Cooking tips 💡

  • Adding too much kimchi brine can make the stir-fried kimchi overly salty, so adjust by tasting.
  • Deulgireum has a slightly higher smoke point than sesame oil and a different nutty flavor, which greatly enhances the taste of stir-fried kimchi.
  • Using a red cutting board can prevent the cutting board from absorbing the red kimchi juice.

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