Material preparation
1. Fresh vegetables: Choose fresh Chinese cabbage, carrots and peppers as the main materials. It's best to choose a compact variety of cabbage with full leaves, a fresh carrot with crisp taste, and a hot pepper according to personal taste.
2. Salt: Pickles need to be pickled with salt during the production process. Under normal circumstances,15g of salt is needed for every 500g of vegetables.
3. Seasoning: You can choose to add garlic, ginger, green 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 jars, 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 pieces.
2. Put the cut vegetables into a large bowl, add a proper amount of salt, stir gently and evenly, so that the salt is evenly distributed on the surface of the vegetables, and press slightly to make the vegetables come out.
3. Let it stand for 20 minutes, and after the vegetables come out of the water, pour out the excess water.
Step 2: Seasoning
1. Put the pickled vegetables into a large bowl, add seasonings such as garlic, ginger, scallion, pepper, coriander, etc., and add them appropriately according to personal taste.
2. Fully mix 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. Put the container with vegetables in a cool and ventilated place for pickling. In general, the curing time is 2-3 days, and it may take longer in winter.
Step 4: Taste and preserve.
1. After the pickling is finished, open the container and smell the kimchi to confirm whether it reaches your 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.
3. Keep the remaining pickles in the refrigerator for a long time.
ending
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 try it!