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Name: Easy Kimchi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: not set
Ingredients: 10 pounds napa cabbage; 1 cup salt; 3 cups water; 1/2 cup sweet rice flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 cup fish sauce; 2.5 cups hot pepper flakes; 1 cup garlic crushed; 2 tablespoons ginger minced; 1 cup onion minced; 10 green onions diagonally-sliced; 2 cups leek chopped; 2 cups Korean radish julienned; 1/4 cup carrots julienned

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INGREDIENTS

10 pounds napa cabbage
1 cup salt
3 cups water
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup fish sauce
2.5 cups hot pepper flakes
1 cup garlic ; crushed
2 tablespoons ginger ; minced
1 cup onion ; minced
10 green onions ; diagonally-sliced
2 cups leek ; chopped
2 cups Korean radish ; julienned
1/4 cup carrots ; julienned

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INSTRUCTIONS

Trim the discolored outer leaves of 10 pounds of napa cabbage.Cut the cabbage lengthwise into quarters and remove the cores. hop it up into bite size pieces

Soak the pieces of cabbage in cold water and put the soaked cabbage into a large basin. Sprinkle salt.*tip: 1 cup of salt will be used for 10 pounds of napa cabbage

Every 30 minutes, turn the cabbage over to salt evenly (total salting time will be 1½ hours).1½ hours later, rinse the cabbage in cold water 3 times to clean it thoroughly.

Drain the cabbage and set aside.

Make porridge:Put 3 cups of water and ½ cup sweet rice flour (chapssal garu) in a pot and mix it well and bring to a boil. Keep stirring until the porridge makes bubbles (about 5 minutes).Add ¼ cup sugar. Stir and cook for a few more mintues until it’s translucent.Cool it down.

Make kimchi paste:Place the cold porridge into a large bowl. Now you will add all your ingredients one by one.Add 1 cup of fish sauce, 2.5 cups of hot pepper flakes (depending on your taste), 1 cup of crushed garlic, 1-2 tbs of minced ginger, 1 cup amount of minced onion.*tip: much easier to use a food processor.

Mix all ingredients well and your kimchi paste is done

Add 10 diagonally-sliced green onions, 2 cups amount of chopped leek, 2 cups of julienned Korean radish, and ¼ cup of julienned carrot.

Mix all ingredients with kimchi paste.

Action! Mix the cabbage with the kimchi paste! Put the kimchi paste Iin a large basin and add all the cabbage. Mix it by hand

.Put the kimchi into an air-tight sealed plastic container or glass jar.

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Easy Kimchi

10 pounds napa cabbage
1 cup salt
3 cups water
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup fish sauce
2.5 cups hot pepper flakes
1 cup garlic crushed
2 tablespoons ginger minced
1 cup onion minced
10 green onions diagonally-sliced
2 cups leek chopped
2 cups Korean radish julienned
1/4 cup carrots julienned

Trim the discolored outer leaves of 10 pounds of napa cabbage.Cut the cabbage lengthwise into quarters and remove the cores.  hop it up into bite size pieces
Soak the pieces of cabbage in cold water and put the soaked cabbage into a large basin. Sprinkle salt.*tip: 1 cup of salt will be used for 10 pounds of napa cabbage
Every 30 minutes, turn the cabbage over to salt evenly (total salting time will be 1½ hours).1½ hours later, rinse the cabbage in cold water 3 times to clean it thoroughly.
Drain the cabbage and set aside.
Make porridge:Put 3 cups of water and ½ cup sweet rice flour (chapssal garu) in a pot and mix it well and bring to a boil. Keep stirring until the porridge makes bubbles (about 5 minutes).Add ¼ cup sugar. Stir and cook for a few more mintues until it’s translucent.Cool it down.
Make kimchi paste:Place the cold porridge into a large bowl. Now you will add all your ingredients one by one.Add 1 cup of fish sauce, 2.5 cups of hot pepper flakes (depending on your taste), 1 cup of crushed garlic, 1-2 tbs of minced ginger, 1 cup amount of minced onion.*tip: much easier to use a food processor.
Mix all ingredients well and your kimchi paste is done
Add 10 diagonally-sliced green onions, 2 cups amount of chopped leek, 2 cups of julienned Korean radish, and ¼ cup of julienned carrot.
Mix all ingredients with kimchi paste.
Action! Mix the cabbage with the kimchi paste! Put the kimchi paste Iin a large basin and add all the cabbage. Mix it by hand
.Put the kimchi into an air-tight sealed plastic container or glass jar.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (1484g)
Recipe Makes: 10 Servings

Calories: 561
Calories from Fat: 51 (9%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 5.7g	8 %
	Saturated Fat 1.1g	6 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.8g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 2.1g
Cholesterol 0mg		0 %
Sodium 15771.7mg		544 %
Potassium 2167mg		57 %
Total Carbohydrate 123.9g		36 %
	Dietary Fiber 21g	84 %
	Sugars, other 102.9g
Protein 18.8g		27 %
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