What is kimchi?
Kimchi · Korean
Korean fermented vegetables, most often napa cabbage with chili, garlic, ginger and fish sauce.
What it tastes like
Sour, spicy, garlicky and funky with a crunchy, fizzy freshness. Older kimchi gets sourer and is great cooked.
Where you’ll see it
As banchan with Korean meals, in kimchi fried rice, stews and pancakes, and on burgers and tacos.
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