How To Make Easy Kimchi at Home

Name: How To Make Easy Kimchi at Home
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Asian, Korean
Ingredients: 1 medium head napa cabbage (about 2 pounds); 1/4 cup iodine-free sea salt or kosher salt (see Recipe Notes); Water, preferably distilled or filtered; 1 tablespoon grated garlic (5 to 6 cloves); 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger; 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 2 tablepoons fish sauce or salted shrimp paste, or 3 tablespoons water; 1 to 5 tablespoons Korean red pepper flakes (gochugaru); 8 ounces Korean radish or daikon radish, peeled and cut into matchsticks; 4 medium scallions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces