KIMCHI

KIMCHI - you either love it or hate it. If you're like me, you LURRVE it! But if you are on a budget, the price of store bought kimchi can get expensive (especially when you have a hungry hungry hippo.... I mean husband). When I lived alone in downtown Ottawa, I used to buy a large tub of kimchi for $12.99 at the Korean grocery store which would last me a month, at T&T the smallest container (like one meal's worth) is roughly $5 bucks. Btw I have no idea how much kimchi costs in Montreal.

So what do I do? I make it... the easy way.

Chop two Napa cabbages into 2 inch pieces. Peel and chop one daikon (Lobok) radish into inch pieces. Put into a large pot. Mix one cup of water with a quarter cup of coarse sea salt. Pour over cabbage and radish. Let sit over night on counter. I usually put a plate on top of the cabbage then a lid.

The next day it looks like this.

Remove the salt water and set aside.

Chop 4-6 green onions into 2 inch lengths. Add to pot.

Add some minced ginger (2-3 tbs).

Add some fish sauce (2-3 tbs).

Add hot pepper flakes and lots of minced garlic (7+ cloves).
MIXY MIXY and.....

Put into jars. Pour reserved salt water on top.
Let sit on counter for 3 days, then put it into the fridge and to let it mature for a week.

This should last me a month. Happy Kimchi'ing! :)