DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Baek Kimchi
Also known as: 백김치
White cabbage kimchi filled with radish, pear and aromatics in a mild rice-paste brine.
About Baek Kimchi
Hyosun’s baek kimchi is a mild white kimchi made with napa cabbage and a filling of radish, pear, scallion and aromatics. Red and yellow bell peppers add colour and sweetness to her rendition.
Salted shrimp and anchovy fish sauce season the vegetables. Glutinous-rice paste is mixed into the brine, while minari, pine nuts, chestnuts, jujubes and sesame seeds are optional additions.
The filling is spread between the cabbage leaves before each portion is folded into a jar. Fermentation develops the subtle tang and crunchy texture that the author describes for the finished kimchi.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Fish.
Optional additions: Sesame.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Baek Kimchi
Hyosun's napa-cabbage baek kimchi with pear and seafood seasonings.
- Napa cabbageBase
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Korean radishFilling
- Red bell pepperFilling
- Yellow bell pepperFilling
- Korean pearFilling
- ScallionsAromatic
- Salted shrimpSeasoning
- Anchovy fish sauceSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- MinariFilling · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Pine nutsFilling · Optional
- ChestnutsFilling · Optional
- JujubesFilling · Optional
- Sesame seedsFilling · Optional
- Glutinous rice powderBinder
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Napa cabbage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62 Korean coarse sea salt for salting plus83 brine and90 seasoning, broad salt identity; brine grain form not presumed same.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63/81/82/86/93 salt bath/ricepaste/brine explicit, consolidated; additional rinse water not guessed separately.
- Korean radish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual67 yellow option chosen over orange, no union.
- Korean pear: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68 Korean pear, broad Asian-pear candidate with regional type preserved.
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salted shrimp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual70 saeujeot minced, shrimp Crustaceans definite; complete fermented product formula unknown.
- Anchovy fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual71 native myulchiaekjeot specifically anchovy sauce, Fish positive, broader fishsauce candidate.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Minari (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 optional named herb, exact ingredient registry mapping unresolved; no Celery category merely from related botanical family.
- Pine nuts (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual76 optional, exact pine species unknown, no regulated Almond/Walnut code guessed.
- Chestnuts (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual77 optional, exact species unknown, no regulated Almond/Walnut code guessed.
- Jujubes (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual78 optional.
- Sesame seeds (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Actual79 optional Sesame positive even though abbreviated method omits stage.
- Glutinous rice powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual81 own ricepaste fully expanded with same water, no Wheat from word glutinous.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- South Korea
- South KoreaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Korean Cuisine
- Joseon Royal CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.