Kimchi and Honey Dipping Sauce

If you've never heard of kimchi paste, you're not alone. It's a simple combination of red pepper flakes, garlic, ginger, sugar, lime juice, water, salt, and fish sauce, but the easiest way to get it is to buy it at Korean grocers and Asian specialty markets, where it's often labeled as "kimchi base." It's punchy and sharp, tangy, and incredibly invigorating. To turn it into a dip for dumplings, we temper it with honey, sesame seeds, and melted butter to create a smooth sauce that's intensely swe...

Grilled Cheese With Kimchi

A grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with spicy, tangy kimchi.

Kimchi grilled cheese (김치 그릴치즈)

I want to share this recipe for an easy and quick kimchi grilled cheese. It's great with well-fermented kimchi!

Stir-fried kimchi (Kimchi-bokkeum: 김치볶음)

Do you have nicely fermented kimchi in your refrigerator? Then this is going to be one of the easiest, simplest, and fastest recipes you will ever make! Stir-fry your kimchi for 5 minutes, then it will turn into very delicious side dish! A side dish for what? Yes, I mean rice, cooked rice...

Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)

Spicy, fermented Napa cabbage kimchi can be eaten at any stage of the fermenting process: My preferred aging time for baechu kimchi is between two and three weeks, when it has acidic funk and slight effervescence, but the vegetables retain their textural crunch.

How to Make Kkakdugi (Radish Kimchi)

Fermented radishes deliver plenty of funk and crunch.

Crispy Kimchi Cheese Rice

Crispy-chewy rice, gooey cheese, funky and sour kimchi...what's not to like?

Mother-in-Law's Signature Kimchi from 'The Kimchi Cookbook'

Napa cabbage is the backbone to many a kimchi recipe, so it seems natural to begin a kimchi-making adventure with a leafy ferment. In Lauryn Chun's The Kimchi Cookbook, she presents a recipe for the house pickle from her company, Mother-in-Law's Kimchi. As she writes in the intro to the recipe, Chun's recipe is a variation on a fall harvest kimchi, typically eaten fresh, immediately after mixing. Chun prefers to ferment the mixture of chile flakes, salted shrimp, garlic, ginger, and cabbage for ...

Homemade Vegan Kimchi

A vegan kimchi that uses a dollop of miso for a savory kick.

Korean Kimchi Barbecue Sauce

Not to be confused with any of the traditional sauces or marinades used in Korean barbecue, this is a sauce that combines funky Korean flavors like kimchi and gochujang (Korean chili paste) with a barbecue sauce-style ketchup base. It's delicious on grilled chicken, pork, and shellfish like shrimp.