동치미

Dongchimi (동치미)

Name: Dongchimi (동치미)
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Korean radish; salt; garlic; ginger; scallion; water; optional pear

Watery radish kimchi — clear, cold, the broth behind mul-naengmyeon winters.

0 Heat: none Vegetarian: yes

Brine, not paste

Salt whole or chunked radish, nest with garlic, ginger, chili, scallion, cover with cool salted water. Ferment cool until the liquid tastes clean and lightly sour. The broth is the prize — ice it for noodles or drink a cup with grilled meat. This is kimchi without the red paste blanket.

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Korean radish
salt
garlic
ginger
scallion
water
optional pear

Story behind it

Kimchi is a family김치의 종류 Korean fermentation timelines발효 시간표