Fresh cabbage with ginger and gochugaru
Salads & sides
A fresh, unfermented napa-cabbage salad with ginger, garlic and Korean chile flakes.
About 20 minutes (editorial estimate) · 4 side servings (editorial estimate)
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Gather
- 500 g napa cabbage, washed, drained and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 tablespoon gochugaru (Korean chile flakes)
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
- 1 small garlic clove, finely grated
- 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
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Make
- 01
Pat the washed cabbage dry and place in a large bowl with the spring onions.
- 02
Whisk the gochugaru, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, garlic and oil until the sugar dissolves.
- 03
Pour the dressing over the cabbage. Toss thoroughly so the leaves are lightly coated.
- 04
Let stand for 5 minutes, toss once more and serve. This is a fresh salad: do not leave it at room temperature to ferment. Refrigerate if not serving immediately.
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A contemporary unfermented cabbage salad offered beside a reading about kimjang. The historical source supports the reading context, not this new formula. This salad is not Hooni Kim’s recipe, fermented kimchi or a reconstruction of kimjang.
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Napa cabbage Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group →Garlic Allium sativum →Ginger Zingiber officinale →Chile · Capsicum annuum Capsicum annuum L. →Places in the pantry
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Korea →The Maghreb →Saint-Louis, Senegal →Michoacán →Bring a plant to the study table →THE THINGS WE PASS ON
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Collection updated: October 24, 2026
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A fresh, unfermented napa-cabbage salad with ginger, garlic and Korean chile flakes.
Editorially checked for ingredient/method consistency. Not independently kitchen-tested by Herbologium. Source-reported and editorially estimated times are labeled separately.
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This is a fresh salad, not a fermented kimchi preparation. The kimjang reading documents a separate food tradition.
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Napa cabbage
Tender, layered leaves in a named kimchi preparation.
Plant profile№ 07Garlic
An everyday bulb, a kitchen foundation, and the subject of one recorded family custom.
Plant profile№ 09Ginger
A warming kitchen flavor from an underground stem.
Chile · Capsicum annuum
A fruit whose variety and preparation deserve their own names.