Dongchimi (Radish water kimchi)

Servings: 40

Yield: 2 gallons

Ingredients

Procedure

Day -3

Make brine by mixing salt and water in a 1 quart container.

Rinse the green chili peppers in cold water, remove the stems, and place the peppers in the brine.

Cover tightly and let sit at room temperature for 3 days.

Day -1

Make brine by mixing coarse salt and water in a 1 gallon container. Allow to sit at room temperature for 24 hours.

Remove any rootlets from the Daikon radish and wash well in cold water.

Rub the salt into the skin and place whole radish into a large container.

Pour remaining salt over the radish and let sit for 24 hours.

Mixing day

Preparation

Cut the green onions where the white meets the green, set aside the white portions, and trim the top ends of the green sections. Place the greens in a bowl and lightly salt. Let stand for one hour.

Wash the leaf mustard in cold water and very lightly salt each leaf. Set leaves in stacks of three or four leaves to a stack.

Pour the brine off the green chili peppers, rinse with cold water, and pat dry.

Wash the pear in cold water and quarter from top to bottom, removing seed core.

Slice each garlic clove in half from top to bottom.

Wash the un-peeled ginger in cold water, then thin slice across the grain.

Filter the brine (place a coffee filter in a small strainer and pour the brine through it) into a clean container.

Mix

Use either a single (2 gallon capacity) container, or two one gallon containers (portion all ingredients in half)

Wrap the garlic, ginger, and onion whites in cheesecloth or a clean lint free cloth. (Two wraps, each containing one half of each ingredient if using two containers)

Place ingredients into the container in the following order:

Cloth wrap

Radish

Pear

onion greens

green peppers

red peppers

leaf mustard

Gently pour the brine into the container, close tightly, and let stand for at least 24 hours, then refrigerate until use.

Serving

Remove one (or more) radish, a few peppers, and one pear quarter from the container. Cut the radish in half from top to bottom, then thin slice the radish, peppers, and pear crosswise. Cut the radish green into short 3/4 to 1 inch pieces.

Place the sliced radish, pear, peppers, and greens into a serving bowl and spoon some of the liquid and other ingredients from the container over the radish.

Tips

Note: For many people, the flavor of this kimchi improves after 7 days or more of refrigeration before use.

Nutrition Facts