Side Dishes

Stuffed Chili Pepper Kimchi

Name: Stuffed Chili Pepper Kimchi
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 40 g Cucumber chili peppers (oi-gochu); 5 g Young garlic chives; 5 g Lotus root; 5 g Korean radish; 8 g Seafood broth; 3 g Fish sauce (eo-ganjang); 3 g Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes); 3 g Ginger syrup (saenggang-cheong); 1 g Sesame seeds

고추김치

Mild cucumber chili peppers stuffed with a filling of garlic chives, lotus root and radish seasoned with chili flakes and ginger syrup. Lotus root, chives and ginger syrup replace the usual salted seafood, keeping kimchi's characteristic flavor with less salt.

🇰🇷 A twist on Baechu Kimchi — see the classic napa cabbage kimchi recipe →

30mPrep

2Servings

EasyLevel

🥘 Ingredients

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Main

Cucumber chili peppers (oi-gochu)40 g

Young garlic chives5 g

Lotus root5 g

Korean radish5 g

Pickling liquid

Seafood broth8 g

Fish sauce (eo-ganjang)3 g

Seasoning

Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)3 g

Ginger syrup (saenggang-cheong)3 g

Sesame seeds1 g

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📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Slit the chili peppers open, remove the seeds, wash them and marinate in the pickling liquid.

Finely chop the garlic chives and lotus root, and julienne the radish.

Pickle the prepared chives, lotus root and radish with a little of the pickling liquid.

Mix the gochugaru, ginger syrup and sesame seeds into the pickled vegetables to make the filling.

Stuff the filling into the chili peppers.

Place the peppers in a container and pour over the remaining liquid.

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

16.1Calories (kcal)

2.6 gCarbs

0.6 gProtein

0.3 gFat

16.8 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.