kimchi making

Salting, seasoning cabbage

Kimchi making is the traditional Korean process of fermenting seasoned vegetables—typically napa cabbage with chili pepper, garlic, ginger, and fish sauce.

The practice involves salting, rinsing, and packing vegetables into jars to ferment for days or weeks.

She learned kimchi making from her grandmother.

In Korean culture, communal kimchi making before winter is called kimjang.

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garlic · ginger · scallions · fish sauce · napa · crock · cold storage · napa cabbage · spicy · tangy · probiotics · autumn · harvest · massaging · rubber gloves · layering · storing · pungent

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food preservation method

kimchi makingsterilization

Complete elimination of microbes

freezing · freeze-drying · dehydrating · pasteurization · irradiation

preparation time and process

kimchi makingquick cooking

Rapid food preparation

microwaving · stir-frying · flash frying · grilling · sautéing

food state

kimchi makingblanching

Briefly boiling then cooling

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