material preparation
1. Fresh vegetables: choose fresh Chinese cabbage, carrots and peppers as the main ingredients. It's best to choose Chinese cabbage varieties with compact structure and full leaves according to personal taste. Fresh carrots taste crisp and one pepper.
2. Salt: Kimchi needs to be salted in the production process. Under normal circumstances, 15g salt is needed for every 500g vegetable.
3. Seasoning: You can choose to add garlic, ginger, onion, pepper, coriander and other seasonings according to your personal taste.
4. Container: Choose a container suitable for pickling pickles, preferably glass bottles or ceramic cans, and avoid using metal containers.
Step 1: Prepare vegetables.
1. Cut Chinese cabbage into blocks of appropriate size, carrots into slender strips, and peppers into small pieces.
2. Put the cut vegetables into a large bowl, add a proper amount of salt, gently stir evenly, so that the salt is evenly distributed on the surface of the vegetables, and gently press to make the vegetables out of the pot.
3. Let it stand for 20 minutes. After the vegetables come out, pour out the excess water.
Step 2: Seasoning
1. Put the pickled vegetables into a large bowl, add garlic, ginger, onion, pepper, coriander and other seasonings, and add them appropriately according to personal taste.
2. Fully stir the vegetables and seasonings by hand, so that the seasonings are evenly attached to the surface of the vegetables.
Step 3: bottling and curing.
1. Put the seasoned vegetables into the container layer by layer, and press each layer hard to make the vegetables more compact.
2. Seal the container mouth with plastic wrap to prevent air from entering.
3. Preserve the container with vegetables in a cool and ventilated place. In general, the curing time is 2-3 days, and it may take longer in winter.
Step 4: Taste and preserve.
1. After pickling, open the container and smell the kimchi to confirm whether it has reached its favorite taste.
2. Take out a proper amount of kimchi and put it in a bowl. It can be eaten as a cold dish or with rice and noodles.
Keep the remaining pickles in the refrigerator for a long time.
final result
Homemade kimchi is a simple and interesting activity, which can not only enjoy delicious food, but also exercise hands-on ability. Through the above steps, you can easily make delicious kimchi. Come and have a try!