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Vegan Kimchi

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Vegan Kimchi

Napa cabbage salted, massaged with a garlic-ginger-gochugaru paste and packed with spring onion and carrot, then left to ferment until tangy and fizzy, a plant-based take on kimchi made without fish sauce.

Total time
140 min
Prep
140 min
Cook
0 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Vegan
vegetarianvegangluten-free

Ingredients

1 largenapa cabbage, cut in quarters
3 tbspcoarse sea salt
6 clovesgarlic, minced
2cmfresh ginger, minced
4 tbspKorean gochugaru chilli flakes
2 tbspsoy sauce
1 tspsugar
4spring onions, cut in 3cm pieces
1carrot, julienned

Instructions

1

Salt cabbage and rest 2 hours, turning occasionally.

2

Rinse cabbage thoroughly and squeeze dry.

3

Mix garlic, ginger, gochugaru, soy sauce and sugar into paste.

4

Wearing gloves, massage paste into cabbage.

5

Add spring onions and carrot, mix well.

6

Pack tightly into clean jars, pressing down to remove air bubbles.

7

Leave at room temperature 1-2 days to ferment, then refrigerate.

8

Serve as a side dish with rice — it improves over weeks in the fridge.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
29
Protein
1.4g
Fat
0.2g
Carbs
6.1g
Fiber
1.1g
Sodium
4719mg

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