Recipes with kimchi
Put that open jar of kimchi to delicious use with one of our recipes with kimchi.
The funky fermented cabbage adds a complex flavour hit to all sorts of savoury dishes. Add a dollop to cheese toastie fillings, fold it into homemade slaw, parathas and fried rice, or stir it into hearty stews. Expand your pasta repertoire with Lara Lee’s cheesy kimchi linguine, or use the pressure cooker in this easy three step pork belly and kimchi stew.
Once you try adding a dollop of this traditional Korean pickle to your cooking, you’ll never look back. We’ve even got homemade kimchi and vegan kimchi recipes to have a bash at making your own – it’s so rewarding and will keep for months in the fridge.
Showing 1-16 of 30 recipes
Tacos
Sea bass tacos with kimchi salsa
Chef Judy Joo gives crispy sea bass tacos a delicious Korean-American spin with a punchy kimchi salsa and creamy nashi-pear slaw.
Recipes with kimchi
Korean kimchi pancake (Kimchijeon)
Kimchijeon is a delicious Korean pancake. Chef Dana Choi shares her recipe for this much-loved dish, loaded with kimchi and pork belly.
Recipes with kimchi
Kimchi chicken noodle bowl
This noodle recipe isn't authentic, but spicy kimchi works well with cream cheese to make a smooth sauce, served with grilled chicken.
30-minute meals
Cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter
Lara Lee's cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter is a pasta dish that flies the flag for sweet-spicy-salty-umami-fermented flavour.
Recipes with kimchi
Pressure cooker kimchi and pork-belly soup
Use your pressure cooker to make this hearty pork and kimchi soup in next to no time. Serve the spicy broth with a drizzle of chilli oil.
Christmas canapés
Kimchi prawn cocktail boats
We’ve added kimchi to these prawn cocktail boats for tangy crunch, and the spruced up dressing of sriracha and soy sauce brings a very 2020s twist to the 70s classic.
Recipes with kimchi
Gochujang fish pie with sweet potato and black sesame
Gochujang adds a fiery, salty and sweet tang to this colourful fish pie, which is topped with velvety sweet potato mash and crispy black sesame seeds.
Easy vegan
Vegan kimchi
Make vegan kimchi with Ching He Huang's expert recipe. Swap the fish sauce for red miso to make this funky, fermented cabbage dish.
Budget recipes
Kimchi fried rice
Transform leftover rice into a feast with this easy kimchi egg fried rice recipe. Top with a runny egg and a zig-zag of hot sauce.
15-minute meals
Cheese, apple and walnut toastie
Give your regular cheese toastie a makeover with this irresistible recipe. Load golden, buttered toast with cheese, kimchi, apple and walnuts.
Valentine's Day
Oysters with dongchimi (radish kimchi)
Chef Pamela Yung, of London's Flor, has created this beautiful dish of sustainable oysters with dongchimi (radish kimchi). A dish to impress.
Sweet potatoes
Loaded baked sweet potatoes
Load baked sweet potatoes with mushrooms, kimchi, beans, tomatoes, spring onions and a little cheese. Healthy comfort food at its finest.
15-minute meals
Roast chicken, cheese and kimchi toastie
Transform a cheese toastie by adding roast chicken and kimchi. Oozy, melty and spicy, this recipe is a dream come true for your leftovers.
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