Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
This is another banchan (small side dish served with Korean main dishes) I just love. It starts out as a kind of faux kimchi, which are popular in Korean cuisine, involving use of many typical kimchi ingredients, but immediately eaten or refrigerated rather than fermented. That said, it has a […]
This video explores the entire process of making cubed radish kimchi, from planting Korean radish seeds to harvesting and turning it into kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi). You won’t believe how crunchy and flavorful kkakdugi is when you harvest and turn into kimchi the same day! But even just starting with […]
If you’ve been an explorer of this blog for a while, you know I love Banh Mi! I mean, really who doesn’t? Are you thinking of making your own? One of these days I’ll have to put up some recipes for the other components. Well, either way, the pickles are […]
When putting together this baechu (Napa cabbage) kimchi ferment/recipe, I remembered the boatloads of clementines we had in the fridge and it hit me – some fresh squeezed juice and orange zest would be a great add to kimchi. The sugars help feed the lactic acid-producing bacteria (LABs) present on […]
This happens to be my favorite type of kimchi. The crunch is really satisfying whereas regular kimchi has more of a kraut consistency. Although I like it very hot, the radish itself has a subtle natural sweetness you don’t really find in the small, red radishes (originating in Europe) we […]