Anushka Gupta, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Kimchi is the national food of South Korea, and also one of the most beloved foods across the globe. Kimchi is basically a dish made of cabbage, gochujang paste, salt, and other spices and is kept for a few days or weeks to ferment. The longer it is preserved, the stronger its taste becomes. It is because of all those strong ingredients and the fermentation that kimchi gets its strong flavour and pungent smell. Kimchi can be said to be one of the most versatile dishes as there are numerous dishes that can be made using kimchi as the star ingredient. Let’s explore some of the popular yet unique dishes made with kimchi.
Kimchi Dumplings (Kimchi Mandu)
Dumplings are one of the most popular dishes across Asia, having different names across different countries. In Korea, the most popular dumpling is the kimchi dumpling. It is basically prepared by making flour dough and kimchi paired with meat/vegetables of your choice as the filling. The dough is rolled out in small circles and the kimchi filling is kept in the center of the rolled dough and then folded to desired shapes and steamed till cooked to perfection. It can be served with soy sauce or any dipping sauce of your choice or can be eaten as it is.
Picture Credit: Korean Bapsang
Kimchi Fried Rice (Kimchi Bokkeumbap)
This is probably the easiest and the quickest dish made with kimchi, yet the heartiest and most scrumptious meal you can have. For this dish, all you need is chopped kimchi and some kimchi juice, leftover rice or fresh rice, vegetables and meat of your choice, salt to taste, and a little bit of oil. Heat the pan, add oil, toss in your vegetables and meat, fry them, add kimchi and rice and salt to taste. Toss all the ingredients in the pan till mixed or fried properly. Serve it steaming hot and enjoy.
Kimchi Stew (Kimchi Jjigae)
When you talk about dishes made with kimchi, you simply can’t miss out on kimchi stew. A warm and ultra comforting pot of steaming hot and spicy stew that is loaded with meat, tofu, vegetables, and the king kimchi. When the fat of meat dissolves in the broth, the taste of stew simply becomes heavenly. You can exclude meat if you are a vegetarian, and it’ll still be as heavenly as it always is.
Kimchi Pancakes (Kimchi Buchimgae)
These pancakes are savoury unlike the western pancakes, which are mostly sweet. The Korean name for these pancakes is kimchi buchimgae, but some people also call it kimchi jeon. For this dish, all you need is kimchi and its juice (the stronger the juice, the better it is). Simply take wheat flour, add the kimchi and kimchi juice to it, and make a thick batter. Heat the pan, brush it with a little bit of oil, and spread the batter to get the desired size of your pancake. Cook it on both sides till golden brown. Cut it in bite sizes and enjoy.
Kimchi Udon
Udon is basically thick wheat noodles. All you need for this dish is thick wheat noodles (udon), kimchi, Korean spicy sauce, and bacon (you can exclude bacon if you are vegetarian and replace it with mushroom). Simply boil your noodles, then to the pan drizzle some oil, fry your bacon/mushrooms, then add udon, kimchi and Korean spicy sauce and mix them all together. Voila! Your delicious kimchi udon is ready.
Picture Credits: Tiffy Cooks
Kimchi Pizza
Who doesn’t love pizza and who doesn’t love kimchi? Well, when you combine these two, you get kimchi pizza, a dish straight down from heaven. Simply, take a pizza base, add veggies of your choice, top it with kimchi, and finally some cheese. Shove it in the oven and bake till the base is crisp and the cheese melts to perfection. Your best dish ever is ready. Enjoy when hot for that gooey and heavenly cheese pull and enjoy the taste of this delectable pizza.
Do try these at your home and devour these amazing, soul-touching dishes and get ready within minutes. Life is too short to have regrets, so don’t wait for anyone and go ahead and enjoy your favourite dishes. Have you tried any of these dishes? Do let us know in the comments!
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Already tried kimchi fried rice and it was super delicious . Wanna try other dishes too 😍
Interesting 💭
Very well described. I love kimchi. Have once made it at home ❤️
행복한 김치를 보내세요 여러분…
Wowwww i really wanna try kimchi and when i saw kimchi it made me remember Hoshi of Seventeen Horangheeee everyone
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Amazing ❤
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Kimchi 🤌✨️
Kimchi is one of the most popular side dishes which I am looking forward to eating!
Happy kimchi day😍
All dishes worth trying 🤩🤩
Kimchi Pizza looks yum 😍
행복한 김치를 보내세요 여러분….
Kimchi ✨
No wonder Kimchi is such a versatile food.
add spice to life like kimchi adds to your dish😋
I had kimchi fried rice , loved it. Happy kimchi day.- Tirna
Tasty
Happy Kimchi Day!! All these dishes looks so heavenly appetising.
Kimchi is love! Korean Food is love!
Happy kimchi day ✨
I didn’t know it had so many varieties. They look delicious. The most surprising was kimchi pizza.
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love kimchi💞
I have to try these dishes, thankyou for this article 😋
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Anjum shaikh
Happiest Kimchiii day🥳
Anjum Mohammad Shaikh
Didn’t know kimchi can be used in so many ways!!
No wonder it’s the national food literally kimchi jiggae tastes so good…kimchi is a best comfort food…and now im craving for it 😋
김치 짱 짱!
I love Kimchi❤️
This one is really useful one, and I waited for it ♡♡ thank you for the collection of various food items made with kimchi.. 😍
Pranjul Sharma
Kimchi goes well with everything 😍
Happy Kimchi Day😋
Sabitri
Happiest Kimchiii Day 🥳
Happiest KIMCHIII day🥳🥳🥳
Happy kimchi day
I haven’t yet. But wanna try these dishes🤤
kimchi is the best
Happy Kimchi Day
Thankyou for this article. I really want to try kimchi bokkeumbap and jeon. Till now I have only tried Kimchi and Kimchi ramyeon