Korean

Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)

Name: Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 4 cups korean radish (mu); 2 tbsp salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 1/2 cup gochugaru; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 5 garlic cloves; 1 tsp grated ginger; 2 scallions

Minji @minji_bakes

Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Low sodium Pescatarian Dairy free Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 cups korean radish (mu)
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup gochugaru
3 tbsp fish sauce
5 garlic cloves
1 tsp grated ginger
2 scallions

How to cook it

Cut the radish into half-inch cubes, toss with the salt and sugar, and let sit 30 minutes until it releases liquid.
Drain the radish, reserving a little of the liquid.
Mix the gochugaru, fish sauce, minced garlic, and ginger with a splash of the reserved liquid into a thick paste.
Toss the radish and sliced scallions with the paste by hand until every cube is coated red.
Pack into a clean jar and let sit at room temperature a day before refrigerating; it is ready to eat right away and improves over a few days.

Watch how to cook Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Beef Bibimbap
  
  50 min
Something to sip
- Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
  
  18 min
What it is eaten with
- Boribap (Barley Rice)
  
  35 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 20 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbs: 4 g
Fat: 0 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 320 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.