나박김치 Na-bak-kimchi (Cold White Kimchi Soup)

I'd been craving Na-bak-kimchi so much that I had to get all the ingredients to make this very authentic and tasty white kimchi soup. It is a very refreshing cold kimchi soup that calls for lots of different kinds of vegetables, such as nappa cabbage, cucumbers, carrots, apples, pears, daicons, etc. I love the crunchiness of this dish. It's a popular dish in Korea during Summer. But I really like it all year round. Keep it in the fridge and it lasts for a long time. As time goes on, it tastes even better, just like many other kinds of kimchi. Oh and the apples and the pears were seriously my favorite ingredients in this kimchi! So delicious and refreshing!

나박김치 Na-bak-kimchi

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 daicon (Japanese or Korean), washed, peeled and sliced
1 heart of nappa cabbage, washed and sliced in bite sizes
1 tablespoons coarse sea salt
1 apple, peeled and cored, sliced in bite sizes
1 pear, peeled and cored, sliced in bite sizes
1 tablespoons sugar
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 cucumber, sliced in half-moons
2 green onions, cut in 2-inch pieces
2 tablespoons salt
Water

Sauce-
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
3 tablespoons Korean red chili pepper flakes
1-2 tablespoons water

Directions:


In a large bowl, combine the sliced cabbage and daicon and sprinkle the coarse sea salt. Mix them together and set aside, about 20-25 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the apple and pear slices and sprinkle sugar and mix them together. Add the sugared apple and pear slices, cucumber, carrots, and green onions to the cabbage and daicon mixture.

Sprinkle 2 tablespoons salt over the mixture and pour water into the bowl just to cover all the vegetables.

To make sauce, mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and mix them all together until it makes a nice, thick paste.

Pour the sauce into the vegetable and water mixture and stir well. Store it in room temperature overnight and refrigerate about a day or two. *You may add more salt or red chili pepper flakes according to your liking.