This Man's Cook Auntie's Kimchi

• summer radish 2.5kg
• sea salt 3 tablespoons
• soda enough to slightly cover radish + 1/2 cup (100ml) for seasoning
• green onion enough
• garlic 80g
• ginger 20g
• onion 1
• red chili pepper 2
• leftover rice 1/2 bowl
• squid sauce 5 tablespoons
• shrimp paste 3 tablespoons
• plum syrup 5 tablespoons
• chili powder 1 cup

Recipe 🍳

Cooking tips 💡

• Adding soda during the brining process reduces the characteristic bitterness of dry, spicy summer radish and enhances crispness and refreshment.
• Instead of the hassle of making glutinous rice slurry, blending half a bowl of leftover rice with the seasonings provides excellent nourishment for beneficial bacteria, resulting in better fermentation and richer flavor.
• Mixing chili powder into the radish first ensures even color distribution without clumping, giving a smooth, uniform red coating across the surface.

Recommended for 🙋

• ⭐Those who want to recreate the sweet, refreshing kimchi served at ginseng or soup restaurants.
• ⭐Those who want to make delicious kimchi from unappealing, spicy summer radish without fail.
• ⭐Those who want to quickly and easily make kimchi seasoning using leftover rice without the need to prepare a slurry.