EP1. KIMJANG FESTIVAL 2020

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce can provide umami flavor while being lower in calories.

Korean red pepper flakes

🥗Healthier: cayenne pepper

💰Cheaper: paprika

Cayenne offers heat with fewer calories, while paprika is budget-friendly.

Make little cross sections on the cucumbers, leaving about half an inch.

Sprinkle coarse sea salt inside and around the cucumbers.

Massage the cucumbers with salt and let them sit for 15 to 20 minutes, turning them every five minutes.

Rinse the cucumbers and leave them to dry for about an hour.

Prepare the stuffing by julienning 200 grams of radish.

Chop half an onion and add it to the bowl.

Finely chop spring onion and add it to the bowl.

Cut chives in half lengthwise and then into three centimeter lengths, adding them to the bowl.

Finely chop 10 grams of garlic and add it to the mixture.

Grate ginger using a spoon, adding about five grams to the mixture.

Season the mixture with seven grams of salt, one tablespoon of Korean red chili powder, half a tablespoon of sugar, and half a tablespoon of fish sauce.

Add fermented shrimp paste to the mixture.

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