Taiwanese Golden Kimchi (Mom’s Cut)

黃金泡菜 aka Golden Kimchi is a Taiwanese recipe for kimchi that has a beautiful golden color provided by carrots. Taiwanese GoldenKimchi is vegan because it utilizes fermented bean curd instead of seafood to kickstart the fermentation.

Taiwanese Golden Kimchi Ingredients

• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Garlic
• Salt
• Water
• Fermented Bean Curd
• Sugar
• Lemon Juice or Vinegar

Exact ratios below.

Preparing the cabbage for Taiwanese Golden Kimchi

• Cut the cabbage into whatever size pieces you want
• Put the cabbage to a sterile bag and add 3% salt (1 TBS=20g) with 1/2 to 1/4 cup of water to soak about 600g cabbages for several hours
• Turn the bag every thirty minutes so the cabbage is thoroughly soaked.
• The volume of the cabbage will noticeably shrink
• Drain out the salt water

Preparing the sauce for Taiwanese Golden Kimchi

• Mix the following ingredients in a blender (per 600g cabbages or half big cabbage)
  • 1/2 big carrots (cooked or uncooked)
  • 1 red chili pepper (optional)
  • 12-15 cloves of garlic
  • 1 squares of 豆腐乳 (fermented bean curd)
  • 20-25 g sugar (3% ish)
  • 50 ml of water or lemon juice, to blend the juice. (1 cup = 236.566 ml)
  • Note: If you use water only, add 1TBS white vinegar or squeeze 1 whole lime /lemon worth of juice into the blender Blend until liquified

Preparing the Taiwanese Golden Kimchi

• Mix the sauce and the prepared, drained cabbage
• Mix the sauce well with cabbages
• Wait for 1 day – then it’s ready to eat
• Keep refrigerated unless you want to unlock extra funky mode

Serving the Taiwanese Golden Kimchi

With whatever you want 🙂