Yes, I said KIMCHI!!!!


Awesome if you Like eating cabbage! I'm hooked ...I eat as much of it as I can! It's so GooOooOd for you!

Those of you dieting ...it's must try!



Kimchi is a popular Korean dish, made up of fermented cabbage, salt, chile peppers, vinegar, garlic and other spices. This dish has many benefits that can be very rewarding to your health, such as vitamins and other minerals. However, the fermentation of the cabbage plays the largest role in the health of kimchi. The fermentation process allows for “healthy bacteria” called lactobacilli to develop along the intestinal track, which allows for better digestion. Recent studies have also shown that kimchi can possibly prevent and stop yeast infection and contain components that can possibly prevent cancer as well. Former South Korean minister of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries proclaims that that kimchi is great for keeping the skin ageless and flawless.

Kimchi Nutrition
Kimchi contains vitamins A, B and C, which are both very important to our health. Vitamin A works in strengthening and keeping our teeth, skin and vision strong and healthy. Vitamin C works in slowing down the appearance of aging skin and lowering your cholesterol. Just 2 oz. of kimchi contains 8 percent of our daily-recommended serving of vitamin C. Also kimchi contains antioxidants, which are said to increase with longer fermentation.

, L0ve to taste s0me ,.spicylicous :-D

So where are the recipes?
Looks delicious..

I got mine online ^__^


1 cup plus 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt or kosher salt
Water
2 heads Napa cabbage, cut into quarters or 2-inch wedges, depending on size of cabbage
1 bulb garlic, cloves separated and peeled
1 (2-inch) piece of ginger root
1/4 cup fish sauce or Korean salted shrimp
1 Asian radish, peeled and grated
1 bunch of green onions, cut into 1-inch lengths
1/2 cup Korean chili powder
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
Sesame oil (optional)
Sesame seeds (optional)
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preparation

1. Dissolve 1 cup salt in 1/2 gallon water. Soak cabbage in the salt water for 3 to 4 hours.
2. Combine garlic, ginger, and fish sauce or shrimp in food processor or blender until finely minced.
3. In large bowl, combine radish, green onions, mustard greens, garlic mixture, chili powder, 1 tablespoon salt and optional sugar. Toss gently but thoroughly. (If mixing with your hands, be sure to wear rubber gloves to avoid chili burn.)
4. Remove cabbage from water and rinse thoroughly. Drain cabbage in colander, squeezing as much water from the leaves as possible. Take cabbage and stuff radish mixture between leaves, working from outside in, starting with largest leaf to smallest. Do not overstuff, but make sure radish mixture adequately fills leaves. When entire cabbage is stuffed, take one of the larger leaves and wrap tightly around the rest of the cabbage. Divide cabbage among 4 (1-quart) jars or 1-gallon jar, pressing down firmly to remove any air bubbles.
5. Let sit for 2 to 3 days in a cool place before serving. Remove kimchi from jar and slice into 1-inch-length pieces. If serving before kimchi is fermented, sprinkle with a little bit of sesame oil and sesame seeds. Refrigerate after opening.
Note:
Kimchi will be good enough to eat straight for up to about 3 weeks. After about 4 weeks, once the kimchi gets too fermented to eat by itself, use it to make hot pots, flatcakes, dumplings, or just plain fried rice

Mmmm looks good..do we know if regular chili powder
is the same as Korean?

They taste different to me...but I think you can substitute depending on how Hot you want it ...it's spicy dish!

I went straight to the Asian grocery store to get what I needed!

It's truly is a Delicious dish...I live on it...got myself hungry LOL I went got a bowl! *giggle*

I LUV cabbage, all except for sauerkraut.
I hope this doesn't taste like that?

NoOooOo Kimchi taste totally different I'm not a sauerkraut person either...the texture & taste is totally different too!

I think you should buy if first to see if you like it! so you don't go through the trouble preparing and cooking it and not liking it! ^__^

That's a good idea, except for the
lack of Asian markets here.

check online see if there's somewhere close to you that sales it! you order on line too? ^__^

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I love Kimchee! you can usually buy it at most grocery stores Winco, Safeway, Roth's it's usually in the produce section, sold in jars, just ask I'm sure most major grocery chains carry it as it is quite popular and good.

Anyone in the Los Angeles area can get it at the indoor valley Asian market. They have many kinds. It's yummy.

You will like it Soufie.

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