Kimchi is a Korean side dish consisting of pickled cabbage pieces and spicy red chilies. ... You can use the Kimchee Base as a sauce to add Korean-inspired flavors to your favorite foods, or mix it with napa cabbage and make your own fermented kimchi.

What is kimchi base?

The Basics of Making a Simple Kimchi

For the most part, the base of vegetables is Chinese (also called Napa) cabbage, garlic and ginger. The most common vegetables added to that are green onions, daikon radish and carrots.

How do you use a kimchee base?

Either add the kimchee base as a sauce when stir frying meat or noodles, toss through cold vegetables to make a delicately spiced salad. Also use instead of kimchi juice when making tofu jiggae, a spicy Korean tofu-based stew.