How To Make 45 Min Kimchi Like A Pro:

Looking to make kimchi like a pro? Chef Bill Kim of Chicago's acclaimed restaurant bellyQ has got you covered. In this video, he demonstrates how to make perfect kimchi using his Henkelman Vacuum Sealer in just 45 minutes. 

Ingredients:

Napa Cabbage

Salt

Shredded Carrots

Onions

Cucumbers

Secret Ingredient - Lemongrass

Kimchi Paste - fennel, sesame oil, salt, fish sauce

This kimchi is delicious and will have your taste buds singing with delight! So why not give it a try?

Video Transcript

Hi I'm Bill Kim chef/owner of urban belly and belly Q restaurant we're here to do one of our signature side dishes. It's kimchi and we use the Henkelman vacuum packaging machine and it really helps us speed our efficiency and really helps us to get a consistent product every single day. 

Prepping the napa cabbage we want to cut it into eighths. We are going to add a little bit of salt so it's a very simple process. You want to add shredded carrots, onions, cucumbers, secret ingredient, lemongrass - a lot of people don't put in. Then we make a kimchi paste that a lot of people don’t use - that's consisting of fennel, sesame oil, salt and fish sauce. Then we are actually setting it in the machine - compact vacuum just let this seal itself. 

So it's vacuum-packed. It's tight. Iit’s finished.  You can kind of feel the texture of the napa cabbage. I'm going to cut it open - going to smell - a lot of sesame. Taste a little bit of spice it took us two days to make this quality of kimchi. Now using the Henkelman vacuum packaging machine it takes 45 minutes. Delicious. do not sacrifice anything. Great. 

My mother spent years just teaching me how to make kimchi to have the people who graduate school and pass on the tradition of my family's kimchi. It's very important. Thanks Henkelman for saving us so much time on prep. now I can sit down and really enjoy lunch Cheers

Chef Bill Kim knows good kimchi!