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Parae kimchi (green-laver kimchi)파래김치

Green laver (parae), a winter seaweed of the tidal flats, is washed well and mixed with radish strips and seasoning. It is listed in one historical cookbook in a survey of kimchi recipes.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Parae kimchi itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Baechu kimchi (napa cabbage kimchi), the closest documented vegetables ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Parae kimchi.

Short entryVegetables

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
parae, green laver of the family Ulvaceae, gathered from late autumn to early summer
radish
salt or jeotgal

Total time across the steps of Baechu kimchi (napa cabbage kimchi): 11 days – 13 days

Start
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What changes: A cut line splits each head into quarters so the brine can reach every leaf

Step 1 of 6 · steps of Baechu kimchi (napa cabbage kimchi)
Halve or quarter the cabbage
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Leuconostoc
Weissella
L. mesenteroides
L. plantarum

FAO's flow chart cuts each head into four so the brine reaches every leaf. Output: cabbage halves or quarters.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Green laver (parae), a winter seaweed of the tidal flats, is washed well and mixed with radish strips and seasoning. It is listed in one historical cookbook in a survey of kimchi recipes.

What makes this one different

The main ingredient is a green seaweed rather than a vegetable. Parae is more often eaten as parae muchim, a fresh dish with salted radish, than as kimchi.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Found in 1 cookbook in a survey of 61 Korean cookbooks (Lee and Lee 1990).

  1. [LL1990] Lee Hyo-ji and Lee Hye-kyung 1990, 김치문화의 변천에 관한 문헌적 고찰 (a literature review of changes in kimchi culture; 116 kimchi and 10 kkakdugi in 61 cookbooks, 752–1984), koreascience JAKO199071663776322paper
  2. [nfm-parae] Kim Jun (김준), Parae (파래), National Folk Museum of Korea, Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, Korean Food, Clothing and Housing (한국의식주생활사전), read 2026-10 via the museum's open API (KOGL type 2)book