How do I start making my own kimchi? I'm a sucker

I got fired from a job once for calling a guy I worked with kimchi.

It's not really worth it unless you're making a huge batch, just go to the asian market and buy some.

>>8506603

Kimchi is fermented, not pickled.

>>8506684

is sauerkraut fermented or pickled

Maangchi, and your local Asian grocery store.

Youtube is your friend. Or you can just salt the veg, drain rinse. Then add all the spice pack tight, then place a not so tight lid so gas can exit but not enter. let sit for 30 days open and eat.

>>8506684
>Kimchi
Actually it's pickled and fermented

>>8506707
fermented

>>8506603
Is kimchi good for you?

Not personal health blog good for you, but genuinely.

>>8506620
>not worth it

Yeah, salting some cabbage, mixing in some garlic, gochugaru, shrimp paste, fish sauce, onions, scallions, shredded korean radish, shredded carrots, and sugar is a real tough thing to do.

Not only that but it will keep an incredibly long time in the refrigerator. Why don't you just say it isn't worth making anything homemade and go buy everything premade? Why the fuck are you on a cooking board?

>>8506738
lots of vitamin c, bacteria are good for digestion, hot stuff can be good for immunosystem, garlic has healthy etheric oils, good for losing weight (low cal, but filling, and dampens hunger feel)

>>8506707
Yeah, they're both fermented, but it's not like making beer or wine. Way easier. Easier than pickling, actually.

Just cabbage and salt. The fermentation comes from lactobaccilus on the cabbage naturally. It produces lactic acid, instead of acetic acid, which is where the vinegary-like tang comes from.

>>8506738
anything veg + fermented is a life saver if you are extreme boiledpasta-salt-oil style poorfag

>>8506603
First you must fart into a container

>>8506763
>have to buy a significant number of ingredients i never use to make a large batch of something i use occasionally.

>>8507529
Garlic, cabbage, carrots, fish sauce, onions and scallions are staple items -- why the fuck wouldn't you use them for other things.

Also, Korean chilli flakes are awesome and are great for loads of other recipes. Look up fire chicken by maangchi.

>>8506616
>underrated story