Quick & easy stir-fried kimchi recipe (vegan kimchi bokkeum)
Quick & easy stir-fried kimchi recipe (vegan kimchi bokkeum) - a simple way to use up your fermented sour kimchi in a delicious way!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Sauté
- Cuisine: Korean
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon neutral-tasting oil
- 2-3 green onion, diced (separate white part from the green part)
- 1.5 cup sour fermented kimchi, chopped/cut into smaller bite-size
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a large-size skillet, heat up 1 tablespoon of seed oil. Add the white part of the diced green onion. Sautéed until you smell the onion, about 2 minutes.
- Add the kimchi. Cook the kimchi with frequent stirring. Add about 1 tablespoon of water.
- When the water in the kimchi mixture is bubbling up, add the sugar.
- Continue to cook with frequent stirring for 3-4 minutes. Add in the green part of the green onion.
- Remove the skillet from the heat and drizzle sesame oil and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
Notes
- If you are vegan, make sure to use vegan kimchi for this recipe. You can find my vegan kimchi recipe here.
- To make this dish, you must use fermented sour kimchi. The fresh kimchi won't simply taste right. If your kimchi is fresh, let your kimchi sit on the countertop for a day or two until they are fermented.
- To adjust the spice level of the dish, please see the "Helpful tip" section above.
