Chong Gak Kimchi Recipe Video
Ingredients
Chonggak Korean radish (bachelor radish) – 4 pounds, peeled but stems attached
Coarse salt – 1 cup
Sweet rice flour – 2 cups
Red pepper flakes – 1 cup
Fish sauce – ½ cup
Ginger – 2 tablespoons
Garlic – 6 cloves, minced
Korean green plum sauce – 1 teaspoon
Water – 20-25 cups
Sugar – 1 tablespoon
Green onion – 5 stems, sliced into 4 inch strips
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Wash the radishes nicely and keep them in a bowl.
2) In a large container mix water and salt. Pour it over radishes.
3) Leave them for 3 hours.
MAKING
4) In a saucepan, mix 2 cups of water and rice flour.
5) Cook stirring constantly until the mixture bubbles. Turn off heat.
6) In another bowl, add rice flour mixture and red pepper flakes, fish sauce, sugar and plum sauce and mix well.
7) Then, add ginger and garlic, green onion and mix well.
8) Now, mix this mixture with radishes and toss to coat well.
9) Take a container with a lid and transfer the mixture into it.
10) Cover it and leave it for 3 days at room temperature and then refrigerate it.
SERVING
11) Serve bachelor khimchi with any of the main courses or use it as an ingredient.
1) Wash the radishes nicely and keep them in a bowl.
2) In a large container mix water and salt. Pour it over radishes.
3) Leave them for 3 hours.
MAKING
4) In a saucepan, mix 2 cups of water and rice flour.
5) Cook stirring constantly until the mixture bubbles. Turn off heat.
6) In another bowl, add rice flour mixture and red pepper flakes, fish sauce, sugar and plum sauce and mix well.
7) Then, add ginger and garlic, green onion and mix well.
8) Now, mix this mixture with radishes and toss to coat well.
9) Take a container with a lid and transfer the mixture into it.
10) Cover it and leave it for 3 days at room temperature and then refrigerate it.
SERVING
11) Serve bachelor khimchi with any of the main courses or use it as an ingredient.
Editors Review
The bachelor kimchi is another very popular type of kimchi which is very famous in Korea. It is a summer kimchi and interestingly got its name from the ponytails worn by the bachelors in the olden times. To learn this recipe watch this video and enjoy making it.Chef
