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Maha on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

Maha — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:42:50 +0000

Amazing photos @powerplantop ^_^

Tach on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

Tach — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:36:09 +0000

So how did it taste? It looks really really good. What kind of flavor do those greens have naturally? I've never seen or heard of them. Anything you could compare them too?

lewlegacy on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

lewlegacy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:09:58 +0000

looks delish!! did this post?

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:19:59 +0000

M, Thank you!

Maangchi on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

Maangchi — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:29:19 +0000

James(powerplantop)! I'm very impressed with your kimchi! Pakimchi(green onion kimchi)looks so delicious,too!

Maangchi on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

Maangchi — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:29:13 +0000

James(powerplantop)! I'm very impressed with your kimchi! Pakimchi(green onion kimchi)looks so delicious,too!

Maangchi on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

Maangchi — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:28:41 +0000

James(powerplantop)! I'm very impressed with your kimchi! Pakimchi(green onion kimchi)looks so delicious!

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:47:03 +0000

I had some left over porriage and jjook pa so I made Pa Kimchi. No carrots or green onions.

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:42:54 +0000

Then I added my greens and mixed them up. Greens added to my seasoing mix Everthing all mixed up. It is now kimchi!. I let sit on the counter for a few hours. Now its in the fridge.

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:36:54 +0000

For my porriage I took some of the soft rice then added water, fish sauce, ginger, garlic and onion and blended it using a stick blender. This was added to grated carrots, green onions, jjook pa stems, sugar and gochugaru. This is my seasoning mix in a bowl. This is my seasoning mix all mixed up.

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:29:57 +0000

First thing I did was to make porriage. I did not find sweet rice flour in Santiago (I only went to one store). So I cooked some rice in a lot of water. When it was very soft I added more water and set aside (I was sure it would soak up more water). Then I went to work trimming and washing my greens. Any ugly leaves and the stalks went into the trash. Then I washed them really good. After they were washed I salted them with Sal Parrillera. It is a course salt used for cooking meat and is mildly salty. Total salting time was 1.5 hours, turnning three times. This is the greens just after salting. After the time was up I tasted the greens. They were a bit salty so I gave them a good rinse and squessed out the extra water. This is the greens just after rinshing.

powerplantop on "Yesterday I made Kimchi"

powerplantop — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:20:13 +0000

This is not really a recipe but a step by step of what I did. It will show that with some basic knowlege you can adapt and make kimchi. When I was in Santiago I picked up some fish sauce so I was ready to make kimchi. I wanted to make Easy kimchi <a href="http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/easy-kimchi" rel="nofollow">http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/easy-kimchi</a> But when I went to the agro market I could not find Napa Cabbage or Dikon. I have been seeing them but I guess the season is over. But I did find some Chinese greens and some green onions that looked very close to jjook pa. I bought them. When I got them to the apartment I noticed that the stalks were very tough but thats ok. So lets get started.