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The one recipe you'll need to make your first batch of kimchi

This recipe for kimchi is from Eric Kim's debut cookbook, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. He wrote it, and perfected it, with his mother, Jean.
Left: Jean's perfect kimchi. Right: Eric Kim and his mom, Jean, making and tasting kimchi.

Excerpted from Eric Kim's debut cookbook, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. Check out Life Kit's guide with Eric Kim on how to start cooking Korean American food.

Jean's Perfect Jar of Kimchi

Yield: 1 gallon
Time: 4 hours

Consider this recipe the key that unlocks all the other levels of Korean home cooking (or at least the ones in this book). Jean worked especially hard to get this recipe to

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