5 smashing kimchi Recipes

bacon or samgyeopsal (fresh pork belly), thick sliced, preferrably unsalted, onions, sliced, ginger, minced, handful of garlic cloves, smashed and whole, kimchi, preferrably old, sugar, salt to taste, fresh cracked black pepper , lots of it, rice vinegar (optional), soju (korean traditional liquor), optional

fingerling or baby yukon gold potatoes, vegetable oil, divided, kosher salt , freshly ground pepper, skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs (about 1 1/2 lb total ), garlic cloves, grated, napa cabbage kimchi, drained , 1/4 cup liquid reserved, unseasoned rice vinegar, trimmed bitter greens (such as mustard, mizuna, or arugula)

cucumber, thinly sliced (about 2 cups), salt, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, garlic , smashed, hot pepper flakes, cayenne pepper

thick-cut bacon, diced, panko-style unseasoned breadcrumbs, jarred spicy cabbage kimchi, chopped, simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes, scallions, ends trimmed and thinly-sliced