Diced radish is soaked in salt water then seasoned with Korean chili powder and various other condiments.
Ingredients 1kg radish (brine: 600ml water, 50ml kosher salt, 3 tbsp sugar), 100g green onions (sub.: chives)
Filling 5 tbsp Korean chili powder, 4 tbsp salted anchovy sauce, 4 tbsp kelp stock, 4 tbsp pear juice, 2 tbsp crushed garlic, 1 tbsp chopped salted shrimp sauce, 2 tsp ginger juice
① Cut radish into 3cm cubes and soak in brine for about 5 hours then drain. (This recipe is for fall/winter radish.
Other radish may be bitter and
would need to add sugar.)
② Cut green onions about 2cm long.
③ Make filling. (CLOCKWISE ▶
Crushed garlic, ginger juice, salted anchovy
sauce, Korean chili powder, pear juice,
chopped salted shrimp sauce, kelp stock)
④ After draining cubed
radish, mix with filling
and green onions.
⑤ Put in air-tight container and
leave in refrigerator for 5 to
7 days before serving. (The optimal temperature
for preserving kimchi is 5°C.)