Instant kimchi cabbage

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make quick kimchi from Peking cabbage? Prepare all the products listed in the recipe. Rinse the cabbage and dry it. Remove the external damaged sheets.

2. Step 2:

   

   Prepare the brine first. In boiling water, dissolve the salt. For 1.7 liters of water, I took 200 gr. coarse salt. Wait until the brine cools down. Cut the head into four equal parts, as in the photo.

3. Step 3:

   

   Send the cabbage into a deep container convenient for salting.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour in the brine, cover with a saucer on top and set the oppression. Leave this way at room temperature for 9-12 hours. It is better to pour the cabbage with brine in the evening, and the next morning proceed to the next step.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel the carrots, onions and garlic. Rinse the vegetables and hot peppers and dry them with napkins. Grate the carrots on a vegetable cutter for Korean salads or on a regular grater with large teeth. Chop the onion with thin feathers, and chop the garlic by hand as finely as possible. Cut the hot pepper into small fragments arbitrarily.

7. Step 6:

   

   Place paprika, hot ground pepper (if you use it), paprika, capsicum, sugar and garlic in a large bowl.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add carrots, onions and soy sauce as well. Mix everything thoroughly. To prevent the mixture from being too thick, add, if desired, a little boiled chilled water (literally 2-3 tbsp. l).

9. Step 8:

   

   Remove the cabbage from the brine, squeeze slightly. Rub each cabbage leaf with a spicy mixture. To avoid burning your hands, use gloves.

10. Step 9:

    

    Send the Peking cabbage to a deep suitable container, cover with cling film, set the oppression and put it in the refrigerator for at least two days. Cabbage can be packed into a glass jar, covered with a lid and sent in this form to the refrigerator.

11. Step 10:

    

    Instant kimchi from Peking cabbage is ready. Such cabbage can be consumed fresh or stewed. If desired, before use, rinse the pekin from the hot pepper and pour vegetable oil.