Achiote Kimchi from Reddit

Name: Achiote Kimchi from Reddit
Cuisine: Asian, Korean
Ingredients: 1 med/lrg head napa cabbage; 3% salt by weight of cabbage; 2% sugar by weight of cabbage + 4 tbsp sugar; 20 cloves garlic 20 lil ginger coins; 1.5 cups shredded carrots; 1.5 cups diced jicama; 1 cup thin sliced radish; 1 cup scallions; 2.5 oz achiote paste; 1/8 cup paprika; 3 tbsp gochugaru; 1/3 cup of light tamari or 1/4 cup soy sauce diluted by 1/4 cup water; 1/3 cup fish sauce (can be omitted)

9 steps

Updated at: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:20:38 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

1 headnapa cabbage

med

cabbage

3 % salt by weight of

cabbage

2 % sugar by weight of

4 Tbspsugar

20 clovesgarlic

1 ½ cupsjicama

1 cupradish

1 cupscallions

2.5 ozachiote paste

⅛ cuppaprika

3 Tbspgochugaru

⅓ cuplight tamari

or 1/4 cup soy sauce, diluted by 1/4 cup water

⅓ cupfish sauce

can be omitted

Instructions

Step 1

process napa cabbage

Step 2

toss cabbage in salt and sugar by weight and let sit overnight

Step 3

next day: make a slurry with everything listed after scallions, including the 4 tbsp sugar. add distilled water as needed to make the slurry slightly watery

Step 4

mince garlic and ginger by hand or with food processor and add to slurry

Step 5

drain cabbage and put into mixing bowl

Step 6

add carrots, jicama, radish, scallions

Step 7

add slurry and toss til evenly coated

Step 8

pack into perferred fermentation vessel. cover as needed

Step 9

refrigerate and in two weeks delicious kimchi :3