Vietnamese kimchi is a mixed salad adapted from the famous Korean kimchi recipe, with a rich flavor that perfectly blends sour, spicy, and savory tastes, sure to delight your family. Show off your skills by cooking this dish right away!
1. Vietnamese Kimchi
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Preparation
55 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vietnamese Kimchi For 4 people
Napa cabbage 500 gr Young corn 200 gr Lotus root 300 gr Carrot 200 gr White radish 200 gr Pickled onion 100 gr Cucumber 150 gr (young cucumber) Green mustard 800 gr Ginger 200 gr Garlic 100 gr Chili pepper 200 gr Fish sauce 300 ml Vinegar 300 ml Sugar/ salt a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh carrots
- You should choose carrots that have a bright orange color and a smooth surface.
- Preferably select those with fresh green tops that are tightly attached to the carrot body.
- Avoid selecting carrots that are scratched, rotten, or have many unusual black spots on the surface.
How to choose fresh and delicious white radish
- Delicious white radishes usually have a straight, elongated shape, and feel heavy and firm when held.
- Fresh radishes will have green stems tightly attached to the body, surrounded by many root hairs.
- Avoid choosing radishes that are scratched, bruised, or have many unusual black spots on the surface!
How to choose fresh and delicious scallion bulbs
- Delicious scallion bulbs usually have a bright white color, a swollen body, and the tail is slender, not too thick.
- Prioritize choosing bulbs that are evenly sized, not too big or too small.
- Avoid choosing bulbs that are bright green as they are a bit old, not tasty, and also avoid bulbs that are bruised.
How to choose fresh and non-bitter cucumbers
- Good cucumbers usually have a slender, elongated shape, not too crooked.
- Choose cucumbers that are green, evenly colored, and feel firm and heavy when held; they will be tastier than lighter ones.
- Avoid choosing cucumbers with yellowish skin, wrinkled surfaces, scratched, or excessively bruised.
How to choose fresh and delicious mustard greens
- You should choose mustard greens with beautiful green color, not wilted or bruised.
- Note that you should not choose greens that have flower stalks, as these greens are usually old, and will be tough and slightly bitter when eaten, not delicious.
- The best time to buy fresh mustard greens is from September to April, as during this time the greens will be very tender, with green, thin leaves and thick stems.
How to choose fresh and delicious napa cabbage
- To make this dish delicious, you should prioritize choosing napa cabbage with uniform size, weighing about 1.5 – 2kg per head.
- Choose napa cabbage with thin leaves, light green at the tips and gradually becoming bright white from the stem to the root.
- You should not choose heads that are too dark green because these have aged, and do not taste sweet or crispy.
- And do not buy any heads that are bruised or have brown spots on the leaves.
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How to make Vietnamese Kimchi
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Making fish sauce and sugar mixture
Place a pot on the stove, add 800g of sugar, 300ml of fish sauce, and 300ml of vinegar to the pot. Turn on the stove, adjust to medium heat, stir gently and cook this mixture until the sugar completely dissolves, when it boils, turn off the heat and let it cool.
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Preparing Ingredients
Green mustard greens should be sun-dried for about 1 hour until they are slightly wilted. After 1 hour, blanch them in boiling water for about 3 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water.
For napa cabbage, wash it thoroughly and cut it into pieces about 2 finger lengths long, then place it in a bowl, add 20g of salt, and marinate for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, rinse with clean water and let it drain.
Lotus root should be peeled, washed clean, and sliced thinly, then rinsed again with cold water.
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Boiled Lotus Root
Place a pot of water on the stove, add about 400ml of water and bring to a boil, once the water is boiling, add the lotus root and boil for about 10 minutes until it is cooked!
Next, carefully remove the lotus root into a bowl, add ice cubes, and an additional cup of water to help the lotus root become crispier, soak the lotus root in this mixture for 10 minutes.
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Mix Carrots and Radishes with Salt
Peel the carrots and white radishes; you can shape them like flowers if you want, wash them thoroughly, then slice them thinly. After slicing, put them in a bowl, add 20g of salt, and marinate for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, rinse with cold water and let them drain in a colander.
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Slice Ginger, Garlic, and Chili
Peel the garlic, wash it clean, and slice it thinly. Similarly, peel the ginger, wash it clean, and slice it thinly.
Remove the stems from the chili, wash it clean, and chop it finely.
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Grind ginger, garlic, and chili
Next, place all the garlic, ginger, and chili into a mortar and grind this mixture until it is very fine.
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Prepare fish sauce
The sugar fish sauce mixture has also cooled down, add the ground ginger, garlic, and chili mixture into it, and stir well.
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Cut the greens
After the mustard greens have dried, cut them into pieces about the length of one finger!
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Mix the kim chi
Next, add the cut mustard greens into a bowl, then add napa cabbage, lotus root, carrot, radish, baby corn, scallion, and cucumber.
Gradually pour in the fish sauce and sugar mixture, mixing well so that the vegetables absorb the seasoning evenly.
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Soak the kim chi
Next, use plastic wrap to cover the bowl tightly, and leave it at room temperature for 2 days.
Tip: To make the kim chi delicious and flavorful, you should open the plastic wrap and mix the mixture every day!After 2 days, to keep it fresh longer, you should scoop the kim chi into a glass jar with a tight lid to store it in the refrigerator.
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Final Product
Vietnamese Kimchi is crunchy, tangy, spicy, and savory that will definitely make you addicted from the very first bite. This dish combines many types of vegetables, with an appealing flavor that will be an indispensable side dish in family meals.
2. Vietnamese Kimchi (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
23 hours
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vietnamese Kimchi (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN) Serves 2 – 3 people
Lotus root 1 piece Carrot 1 piece White radish 1 piece Napa cabbage 1 head Young corn 50 gr Shallots 5 cloves Sugar 1.5 cups Fish sauce 1 cup Vinegar 1 cup Chili pepper 3 pieces Bird’s eye chili 3 pieces (3 – 5 pieces) Garlic 10 cloves Ginger 1 piece
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How to Make Vietnamese Kimchi (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Prepare the Ingredients
After purchasing the vegetables, wash them thoroughly and peel them. Then slice the napa cabbage, lotus root, carrot, white radish, and cucumber into bite-sized pieces.
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Preparation of vegetables
For lotus roots, soak them in cold water and then briefly boil the lotus roots for 5 minutes, then remove and let them drain. Add 1 tablespoon of salt to the vegetables and let them sit for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, rinse the vegetables thoroughly and let them drain.
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Making kimchi brine
Add 1.5 cups of sugar, 1 cup of vinegar, and 1 cup of fish sauce into a pot, stir well and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat and let it cool. While waiting for the fish sauce to cool, put 3 bell peppers, 3-5 bird’s eye chilies, 5-10 cloves of garlic, and a small piece of ginger into a mortar and grind the mixture until fine.
Then add the ground chili and garlic mixture into the cooled fish sauce and stir well.
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Make Vietnamese kimchi
You arrange the vegetables in a clean jar, add baby corn, bird’s eye chili, and shallots to the jar, then pour in the prepared fish sauce and let it ferment for 1 day; you can store it in the fridge and use it gradually!
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Final product
The Vietnamese kimchi is crunchy, sour, spicy, and savory, stimulating the taste buds. This dish is eaten with savory dishes or made during Tet holidays or celebrations, and it will definitely be an essential side dish for family meals.
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