Kimchi

13 years ago

I just made some and will be ready to eat tomorrow (I think). My last experience fermenting vegetables didn't really go over very well - it was sauerkraut. Anyway, this one smells "right" as I don't gag when I smell it - unlike the sauerkraut.
Does anyone eat kimchi? I am nervous to try it because after googling it, most say how awful it is. It looks pretty and yeah, it will be spicy but am still apprehensive. I was thinking of having rice and shrimp with it. What do you have kimchi with?

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Lars
13 years ago
I eat kimchee by itself, but I have never made it, and I am particular about which brands I will buy. Sometimes I chop the kimchee and add it to soup, especially Ramen soup. I've also eaten it with gyoza and Chinese meatballs.

Did you use Korean chili flakes when making it? I bought a 5 pound bag of Korean chili flakes some time ago, gave half of it away, and I still have some left. It's rather mild and therefore easy to use, but it does have a very distinctive flavor that is different from other chilies. Pretty much all chilies have their own flavors, especially the dried versions, which vary quite a bit and are not interchangeable in many instances.

Lars
cookie8
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13 years ago
I didn't use chili flakes but Korean pepper. It was from China but the grocer in the Asian market said it was Korean as the Wang product is Korean. It may be hotter than I expect using the powder?
BTW, it was super easy to make.
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jimster
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I make kimchi. As Lars says, it can be used as an ingredient in soup and other dishes but I eat it as an accompaniment, as you would eat a pickle.

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Scrambled eggs and kimchi.
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If you eat it one day after making it, it is not fermented yet. If you just want the taste of fresh cabbage and red pepper, then you will be fine eating it but it will not be anything like what you get at a restaurant or if you buy it at a Korean store. It will taste more like spicy cole slaw I guess.

Fermented kimchi is like hot and spicy sauerkraut - so I guess if you don't like sauerkraut then you won't like fermented kimchi.
foodonastump
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My supermarket used to have different open tubs of it but now they just sell jarred. Sunja brand, I don't know if that's considered good or not. I eat it straight from the jar and then my wife tells me I stink.
annie1992
13 years ago
Oh yes, Elery makes kimchi and I make sauerkraut. I like the sauerkraut better because the kimchi that Elery likes is just a little (maybe a lot, LOL) too hot for my taste.

I've eaten it on sandwiches, Elery eats it right out of the jar and with eggs for breakfast.

We used crushed mixed hot peppers from the garden that I had dried, as we could not find the peppers the recipe called for in either of the Asian markets we went to. I'm sure they were there, we just couldn't find them, so ours is a mix of habanero, Thai hot, serranos, cayenne and hot banana pepper! I've got a quart jar full of them, all dehydrated, and I crush them with the mortar and pestle.

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