Delicious Kimchi Recipes

1. Slice thin rounds from your radish. Stack the rounds then slice into thick match sticks. Add sugar, water and vinegar and mix to combine. Set aside for 30mins. After this time, your radish would have released a lot of liquid. Strain away this liquid and press through a clean tea towel to remove any excess moisture.
2. Add 1T gochu garu and mix with a gloved hand to coat all the radish pieces.
3. In another bowl, mix together 1T sugar, 1T fish sauce, minced garlic and remaining gochu garu.
4. Add spring onions, garlic chives and prepared radish. Mix everything well together and serve.

1. Prepare the watermelon by cutting away all the green outer skin. Next up, cut away the watermelon flesh and save for another use. It’s ok if you leave a fine layer of flesh on the rind. Cut the rind into 1½ cm square chunks. Place prepared rind into a bowl and add salt. Mix to coat and leave for 1 hour, giving them a toss at the half way mark.
2. After this time, your rinds will have released a lot of liquid. Drain the juice and rinse the rinds a couple of times with cold, running water. Squeeze out all the excess water. Add rinds to a mixing bowl, along with the rest of the ingredients. With gloved hands, mix until everything is well combined. You can gently massage the rinds with the seasonings to ensure that they are well coated.

Serve this kimchi immediately, or store in a sterilised glass jar in the fridge to enjoy the next day when the rinds have had a chance to develop more flavour. This kimchi is best eaten within a couple of days.

Make the Filling

1. Bring a medium pot of water to the boil.

2. Add the sweet potato noodles to the boiling water and cook for 7 mins. Drain and rinse through with cold tap water.

3. Using scissors, cut up noodles into manageable lengths.

4. In a medium sized mixing bowl, add the prepared noodles and all the other filling ingredients and mix through with a gloved hand.

5. Fill each dumpling wrapper with a small amount of filling. Fold the round wrapper in half to form a half moon shape. Press in the edges to seal (the more experienced you are, the more you can fill your wrapper to make a more plump dumpling).

6. Smear a small amount of water around the edges of half of the wrapper to help seal the dumpling.

7. Place dumplings on in steamer baskets lined with parchment paper. Make sure you space them apart and that they are not touching each other.

8. Steam for 8-15 minutes (depending on much you fill each dumpling).

Pan fried method

1. Heat some oil in a small pan over medium arrange 

2. Arrange 8 dumplings until the bottom turns light brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. 

3. Add 50 ml water to the pan and turn the heat to high. 

4. Cover the pan with its lid and let it steam. 

5. Turn the heat back to medium as soon as the water has completely evaporated. 

Make the Dipping Sauce

Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and stir to dissolve the sugar.

Add spring onions, sesame seeds to chilli to taste.

Serve steamed/pan fried dumplings with dipping sauce.

1. Place udon in a heatproof bowl. Cover with boiled water. Leave on the benchtop while you make the sauce. (The water is needed to just loosen the strands of noodles without breaking them.)

2. In a large skillet or wok, add oil, shallots and garlic. Sauté on medium heat for 1min to release their aroma.

3. Optional: Add in sliced bacon (or other marinated meats of your choice) and continue to stir until the fat is translucent and there is a bit of colour on your bacon 

4. Add in gochujang and stir to mix through.

5. Add in kimchi, then honey and stir through.

6. Reserve 1/4 cup of liquid from your noodles. Using a colander, drain away the rest of the water, leaving behind the noodles. Gently give the colander a shake to separate the strands of udon.

7. Add noodles to the work and stir through. Add in reserved noodle water and mix through until the sauce has emulsified. Remove from the heat when the sauce reaches the thickness you desire.

Serve on a plate, garnished with toasted sesame seeds and sliced spring onions. Top with a fried egg and enjoy!