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Peking cabbage, so fresh and juicy, is famous not only for its taste, but also for its usefulness. It contains a lot of vitamins, useful acids and proteins. Due to its composition, cabbage belongs to the category of products irreplaceable for humans. Fresh salads and stewed side dishes are prepared from Peking cabbage. Asians have learned to marinate a vegetable deliciously, calling the spicy dish kimchi. The Europeans adopted the recipe and called it Korean. How to pickle Chinese cabbage in Korean will be discussed further in the section. The best cooking recipes will allow every housewife to surprise relatives and friends with a spicy and very healthy dish.
Kimchi recipes
Cabbage in Korean can be a real boon for a lover of spicy and spicy cuisine. The marinated product contains various spices, salt, and sometimes vinegar. You can supplement kimchi with garlic, onions, carrots, various types of hot and bell peppers, and fruits. It goes well with greens, daikon, celery, mustard. It is possible to prepare a delicious dish of kimchi only if the products are correctly combined. So, we will try to describe the best options for cooking pickled Peking cabbage in more detail.
A simple recipe for novice cooks
The proposed recipe allows for the preparation of kimchi from a limited number of available ingredients. They can be easily found in any store, which greatly simplifies the task. So, for one recipe, you will need Beijing cabbage itself in an amount of 3 kg, as well as 3 garlic heads, hot red pepper and 250 g of salt.
The process of preparing a pickled snack is very original:
- Cut the head of cabbage into 2-4 pieces, depending on the size of the vegetable. Divide it into pieces of paper.
- Each leaf must be rinsed with water, shaken off and rubbed with salt.
- Fold the salt-treated leaves tightly together and place in a saucepan for a day. Leave the container warm.
- Peel and squeeze the garlic through a press. Add hot ground pepper to the garlic mass. The amount of pepper and garlic should be approximately equal.
- After salting, the cabbage leaves must be washed with water and rubbed with cooked hot paste.
- Put the pickled leaves in a glass jar or saucepan for later storage. You need to eat kimchi in 1-2 days. By this time, the vegetable is saturated with spicy aromas.
Pickled Peking cabbage leaves can be cut into pieces or placed neatly on a nest-shaped plate before serving. It is also recommended to pour vegetable oil over the dish.
Spicy cabbage recipe with added sugar (thin slices)
The combination of hot peppers, garlic and salt can be offset with a little sugar. In this case, the cabbage will be more tender and will suit everyone's taste. Thin slicing will allow you to pickle the vegetable faster and not chop the leaves before serving.
The proposed recipe is for 1 kg of cabbage. For pickling, you need 1 tbsp. l. salt and 0.5 tbsp. l. Sahara. A spicy aroma and pungent taste, kimchi will receive thanks to a paste made from ground chili pepper (1 tablespoon), a pinch of salt, a head of garlic and a small amount of water.
To prepare kimchi, Chinese cabbage should be chopped into strips, 1.5-2 cm wide. The resulting vegetable noodles should be transferred to a saucepan or basin. Sprinkle the product with salt and sugar. Lightly mash the vegetables with your hands, stirring the added ingredients. For pickling, oppression must be placed on top of the cabbage. Leave the container warm for 10-12 hours.
You need to prepare a paste for Korean cabbage in advance so that it has time to infuse. For cooking, mix a pinch of salt with pepper and add a little boiling water to the mixture so that a liquid consistency is obtained (like a pancake dough). Add garlic squeezed through a press to the cooled paste. Mix all the ingredients and leave in the room for 10 hours.
After the cabbage is pickled in salt and sugar, it must be washed and slightly dried, then put back into a large container and mixed with a hot paste. Soak for another 4 hours of marinating, then stir the cabbage and leave it again for 4 hours. After that, the kimchi can be placed in glass jars and sealed tightly. Serving a spicy snack on the table is recommended with the addition of vegetable oil.
Kimchi with vinegar
A little sourness will not interfere with the cabbage, since the vegetable itself has a relatively neutral taste. The following recipe allows you to prepare a salad that harmoniously combines sweetness, salinity, spice and acidity. The recipe is designed for a small amount of ingredients, which in one family will be eaten quickly enough, so if you want to stock up on tasty cabbage for future use, then the amount of ingredients should be increased.
The recipe recommends using only 300 g of cabbage. This weight is typical for one small head of cabbage. It is necessary to supplement the vegetable in the salad with 1 tbsp. l. salt, 7 tbsp. l. sugar, 4 tbsp. l vinegar. There is no garlic in the recipe, but fresh pepper should be used. One chili pod should be sufficient.
Cooking a spicy pickled snack with vinegar consists of the following steps:
- Cut the cabbage leaves into thin slices.
- Place the vegetable pieces in a saucepan and season with salt. Leave the container for 1 hour in a room under oppression.
- Salted cabbage wrap in a piece of gauze and squeeze out excess melted salt. Transfer the cabbage back to the pot.
- In a glass, mix the vinegar and sugar. Boil the mixture in the microwave and pour over the chopped vegetables.
- Leave the appetizer for marinating for 2-3 days. During this time, the cabbage will produce juice, resulting in a marinade. Before serving, the cabbage must be removed from the marinade and mixed with chopped chili.
Such pickled cabbage is good for its delicate taste. If desired, kimchi can be eaten without adding pepper; for spicy food lovers, the snack can be supplemented with chopped garlic before serving.
Unique recipe from Sichuan province
The proposed recipe for pickling cabbage cannot be called truly Korean, since for the first time such a dish was prepared in the Sichuan province in central China. Whether it is true or not, we will not figure it out, but we will analyze the recipe itself thoroughly so as not to make mistakes in cooking and enjoy the taste and aroma of oriental cuisine.
In the proposed recipe, you will have to pickle not only Chinese cabbage, but also peppers. So, each cabbage head will need to be supplemented with one green Chinese pepper and one sweet bell pepper. Also, the recipe needs to include 3-4 medium-sized carrots and an onion. All of the listed vegetable ingredients, with the exception of onions, should be chopped into fairly large pieces. Chop the onion finely.
After chopping vegetables, you should take care of the preparation of the marinade. To do this, add 1 tbsp in 100 ml of water. l. vinegar, 2.5 tbsp. l. sugar and just a little salt, literally 1 tsp. salt. In addition to the listed ingredients, you need to add 1.5 tsp to the marinade.celery (seeds), 1 tsp. mustard and 0.5 tsp. turmeric for color. All of the listed seasonings and spices must be added to boiling water and boiled for 1-2 minutes. Pour chopped vegetables with hot marinade and leave them in the refrigerator for 12 hours. During this time, the vegetables will absorb the aroma and taste of the spices.
The recipe is quite simple, despite the variety of ingredients. At the same time, the taste of the dish turns out to be very spicy and original.
Bell pepper and garlic recipe
The following recipe allows you to quickly and easily prepare spicy and crispy Chinese cabbage. For cooking, you need the cabbage itself (one medium-sized head of cabbage is enough), 2 tbsp. l. salt and 1 bell pepper. The sharpness of the dish will add spicy chilli, ground pepper and garlic. These ingredients and cilantro should be added to taste depending on your gastronomic preference.
The dish should be prepared in stages:
- Cut the cabbage into thin strips.
- Stir 1 liter of water and 2 tbsp. l. salt. Boil the solution, cool.
- Pour chopped cabbage leaves with cold brine. Salting a vegetable, depending on the slicing fraction, can take 1-3 days. The readiness of salted cabbage is determined by its softness.
- Rinse the prepared, softened vegetable and dry it slightly in a colander.
- Bulgarian and chili peppers, cilantro seeds and garlic, as well as other seasonings, if desired, grind with a blender until a homogeneous mass (paste) is obtained.
- Put vegetables in a container and add pasta. Mix the ingredients and leave in the refrigerator to marinate for 1-2 days.
Conclusion
In the Far East, kimchi is so common that every province in China or Korea is proud of its unique recipe for this dish. One can only imagine what a variety of pickled Peking cabbage recipes exist. At the same time, in the east, it is not customary to cook cabbage in small portions, the hostesses of those places immediately harvest 50 or more kilograms of this pickle for the future. You can evaluate the scale of such cooking and get acquainted with the traditional Korean recipe by watching the video:
