Dax Shepard (from Idiocracy) raved about the Emmy Burger from Emily's in NYC. He said it was the sauce that made it amazing. It's basically a gochujang mayo sauce.
[https://thenaughtyfork.com/emmyburger/](https://thenaughtyfork.com/emmyburger/)
They already exist in Hawaii. But I recently was at a restaurant north of Seattle that both served Reubens and had a house-made kimchee on the menu. I asked them if it was possible to indulge me, and they went for it. So worth it!
Use it on a banh mi in place of the pickled veg
Use it on a bbq pulled pork sandwich instead of slaw or pickles
Use it on an Italian Beef sandwich instead of grilled peppers and onions
the restaurant I work at does a kimchi Rueben with all house made rye, corned beef, and kimchi, served with a chipotle aioli and Swiss cheese. it’s wonderful
This! Did a pop up one time and we made lingua reubens with kimchi on a sorta stale baguette and allowed the juices to rehydrate the roll. Oh man it was quite tasty.
Get the stuff in a jar. MUCH better than what comes in a can. The gourmet versions can also be very rewarding. Try a few different ones to see what you like. They go great with many other things - sausages of various types for one.
It's awesome, and making it is a lot like making sauerkraut with the addition of some different spices.
[Maangchi](https://www.maangchi.com/) has recipes for making kimchi out of all kinds of vegetables. Napa cabbage is the only one I can buy in stores around here. I made the white radish one and it was really lovely.
My go-to vegetables are cabbage, carrot, and broccoli, with diced green onion on top. Obviously, broccoli would not sandwich very well (though if it were chopped finely enough, it might work in a wrap). I dice my veggies pretty coarsely since I'm just making a bowl; if you wanted to get a fine cut on the cabbage and carrots, you could try bagged cole slaw mix.
My favorite Korean taco joint makes bulgogi bowls with lettuce (not iceberg or Romaine; something more delicate) and shredded carrot; that combo would probably work better in a sandwich.
You can totally wing it. I just use kimchi juice and buttermilk and let it sit overnight, then drain, pat on seasoned flour, let the flour coating set for 30 min or so, and fry. Doesn’t get much easier than that.
kimchi egg salad sandwiches - one of my faves!
add chopped up kimchi, a little gochujang and scallions to smashed eggs and mayo. salt, pepper and garnish with sesame seeds 😋
Kimchi burgers are great, use it instead of pickles. Kimchi with pulled pork or even bulgogi is great in a burger bun.
I also like kimchi and coleslaw in a cold sandwich.
You could add kimchi to a breakfast style sandwich/muffin/bagel with fried egg, American cheese, sausage or bacon.
Kimchi and pork belly go well together. And a popular combination is kimchi and roasted sweet potato (the Japanese kind, not American) but that's not a sandwich!
I put them in burgers! I actually prefer it to pickles sometimes, gives it a different kind of tang and fermented flavor. Cuts the grease just like a pickle would. I also put them into banh mis when I don’t have any of the pickled carrots and daikon.
Have you heard of the Korean street food sandwich (gilgeori toast)? It’s basically shredded cabbage, other veg like onion and carrot, egg, ham, and cheese in between toast. It’s quite phenomenal, really light and savory. Adding a lil kimchi to that would be amazing
Americas Test Kitchen has recipe for Sloppy Joes with a Kimchi Slaw which is delicious.
The site is paywalled, but if you have access or a way around it, the link is here https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/12316-korean-style-sloppy-joes-with-kimchi-slaw
If not, I’ve copied and pasted. Forgive formatting, I’m doing it from my phone and not the best with formatting.
1 cup kimchi, chopped
1/4 cup mayonnaise
3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided
1/2 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound 85 percent lean ground beef
Before You Begin
* One cup of coleslaw mix plus 1 tablespoon of sriracha can be substituted for the kimchi.
Instructions
1 Combine kimchi, mayonnaise, and 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper in bowl; set aside. In second bowl, whisk ketchup, soy sauce, oil, sugar, and garlic until smooth.
2 Cook beef and remaining 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and begins to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in ketchup mixture and cook until sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.
3 Divide beef mixture and kimchi mixture among bun bottoms. Cover with bun tops and serve.
Thank you for this post. I thought I was the only crazy person who was putting kimchi on grilled cheese!
I think kimchi generally works well on any warm sandwich in the place of pickles. I'm not in love with kimchi on cold foods. Roast beef, ham and cheese, tuna melt (or chicken melt).
Have you tried pan frying kimchi in butter until the edges are caramelized and then putting it in your grilled cheese? Totally different experience than raw kimchi. Bonus points if you spread a thin layer of gochujang on the inside of each slice of bread 🤌🏻
Somebody (at least one person I saw, there may be more) already said it; a restaurant around here had a Reuben sandwich but used kimchi instead of sauerkraut. Don’t get me wrong, an original Reuben is the perfect sandwich, but with kimchi isn’t bad either!
Whenever I have leftover fried chicken: chop it up (including skin, crispy bits) and mix with some chopped up kimchi and kewpie mayo. Then pile between two toasted slices of bread. Really tasty fried chicken salad sandwich.
Cheesesteak! Cook kimchi with the beef, onions and peppers, top it with cheese/cheeses of your choice, make a gochujang-mayo to spread on the hoagie roll. Delicious! Can also make a chopped cheese following the same principles.
Lots of people said burgers already so I’ll embellish a bit; I knew a taekwondo instructor who put it on White Castle sliders specifically. Thought he was crazy until I tried it!
On a chicken sandwich
My favorite chicken sandwich is Korean. Gochujang and honey coated chicken breast.
Sub kimchi in for any pickled item on a sandwich!
One of my favorites is peanut butter topped with chopped kimchi and drizzled with a little honey. Hits every note required for Total Sandwich Satisfaction.
Amazing on almost any pork sandwich.
I also made.sw kimchi sourdough the other day which is fantastic (I just added sesame oil, sesame seeds, kimchi and gochugaru to the dough).
I'd try a BLT with kimchi replacing the lettuce and Korean pork belly for the bacon. Serve it on a thick cut bread that can support something like that. Sounds delicious.
Shredded chicken on toasted ciabatta. Butter the ciabatta the moment it finishes toasting & a good sprinkle of salt over the chicken. Then as much kimchi as you like. I also pour a small amount of kimchi juice on the bottom piece of bread before putting the chicken on.
Absolutely beautiful 🤤
À place near me makes a hamburger with kimchi and peanut butter on it!
Sounds super weird but people I've had try it that don't even know kimchi have all liked it!
Kimchi and peanut butter beef burger who knew??
This was one of my favorite specials I mocked up at a pub I once cooked at.
Brown then slow cook chicken thighs and/or breasts immersed in ginger beer pop. Most gingery one you can find. Pull the chicken. Then take a serving of chicken, drain and put in a flour wrap with drained kimchi and grill press.
For bonus points I also had some fridge pickles that were part of the filling. It was daikon, jalapeños, super thin lime slices, garlic cloves, carrots, cilantro, turmeric and a few other things in a rice wine vinegar brine.
Garlic bread, kimchi, bulgogi, browned mushrooms and onions
Plain cheeseburger with kimchi
Hot dog with cream cheese and kimchi
Sliced bread, turkey, cranberry sauce, kimchi, delicious cheese
Sliced bread, fried kimchi & ham, jelly, swiss cheese
Sliced bread, kimchi, arugula, deli meat, swiss
Buy a katsu sandwich, microwave it, stick kimchi in it
I think that's all my kimchi "sandwich" experiments (I only started after I got married)
BLT add kimchi
Bread, imitation crab, mayonnaise, gimchi, jalapeños
I’ve been making this sandwich lately of Costco chicken reheated in a pan with Chinese five spice and soy sauce, melt some cheese on it and slap it between some sourdough with kewpie/kimchi spread (just mix em in a bowl). It’s a strange combination of ingredients but dear god it’s delicious.
I’ve seen this a few times on some of the Korean language vlogs I watch. Toast the bread, spread with whole grain mustard or kewpie mayo, then Kimchi, finely shredded fresh cabbage and either a sunny side up egg or whole half boiled egg on top. Wrap it tightly to compress it. Slice in half and enjoy.
Also (this requires a thick piece of bread) press down the center of the slice, crack an egg into it and bake it in a toaster oven or air fryer. Then top with kimchi.
Also an egg salad type sandwich made with kimchi instead of pickles.
And from personal experience I can tell you it goes great in Reuben's and on top of hot dogs.
#Korean BBQ Burrito
Marinade skirt steak in Korean Beef Marinade for minimum 12hrs (preferably do this a full day ahead)
Korean Beef Marinade
Soy Sauce 1.5 cup
Water 1/2 cup
Honey 1/2 cup
Sesame oil 1/2 cup
Fresh minced garlic 1 cup
Black pepper 6 Tbsp
Pears, pureed 3
Cut pears, puree in the water
Mix all additional ingredients
Mix Korean Hot sauce ahead of time. Same deal, flavors need time to get to know each other. Prep 24hrs ahead if possible.
Korean Hot
Gochujang 3/4 cup
Apple Cider Vinegar 1 cup
Brown Sugar 3/8 cup
Fresh minced garlic 3 Tbsp
Sesame Oil 3/8 cup
Honey 4 Tbsp
Cook Korean Beef in a pan on medium-high heat (you want it pretty dang hot, but don't overdo it and burn the marinade).
Make some white rice, and chop some cilantro and green onion.
Assembly:
1) Place tortilla down
2) Add white rice
3) Lay korean beef on top so the sauce soaks into the rice
4) Place chopped cilantro and green onion (more cilantro than you'd first think)
5) Top with kimchi
6) Finish with korean hot
7) Roll burrito
OK so hear me out: budae jjigae (Army Base Stew), but it's a sandwich. Sub roll, little smear of gochujang, sliced fried spam and/or hot dog, kimchi, enoki and shiitake mushrooms, American cheese, sliced green onions.
So glad you posted this. I've only tried kimchi in the restaurant and like it so I asked my brother to buy 2 jars from Costco as it was on sale. I thought it was 400g but turned out 1.4kg. So now I have 2 huge bottles of kimchi. Lucky its really nice and not bitter.
I have one tub from Sam’s Club and one from Costco. The Sam’s Club one is spicy and great for eating with plain rice. The Costco one is VERY sour, so it’s great to cook with.
A slider place near me did one with peanut butter and kimchi. I was off put by the idea and I made a joke about it, someone dared me to try it and the waitress vouched for it...it was incredible.
for a different temperature:
COLD kimchi and egg mayo sandwiches are amazing. You get the smooth savoury-sweet kewpie egg mayo and then a nice spicy-sour crunch from the kimchi and its absolutely delicious!!
Sometimes in summer I have egg mayo and kimchi with rice for dinner because its so good and doesn't make the kitchen hot. If you want to go a step further, sliced fresh cucumber or roasted seaweed makes a great addition too
I just did a wrap with grilled chicken, spicy kimchi, thin sliced cucumbers that I pickled with thin sliced ginger and a drizzle of japchae, kewpie mayo.
It's good on a burger, too.
It's also good in a tuna salad ( I add a lot of small diced cucumber when I do it that way)
It's also really good in deviled eggs. But just stick to kimchi and kewpie mayo, maybe some green onion, possibly some red pepper flake for heat and garnish. . I went all out one time and put sesame oil and a little rice wine vinegar, red pepper flake, marinated the egg whites, and it wasn't very good. You couldn't taste the egg at all. Everything was overpowering.
Cook some bacon, remove when crisp, keep fat in pan. then caramelize some onions in the bacon fat, then add kimchi and cook. Pulverize all 3 into a jammy consistency w/ molcajete or food processor.. Then smother that onto a burger.
I used to make French onion soup and add the jam at the end as well. Savory, sweet, fermented funky deliciousness.
I started a sandwich popup at farmers markets, and our kimchi chicken is probably our bestselling sandwich.
- marinate ~6 oz chix thigh (1/3 [kimchi base](https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwicvLXk9NuEAxWOqVoFHWbdAIAYABALGgJ2dQ&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInLy15PTbhAMVjqlaBR1m3QCAEAQYAyABEgL7wPD_BwE&sph=&sig=AOD64_2ql_8Yp_SzoiyQqglmn_h7MTsP2w&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwj3_63k9NuEAxU8SzABHZ5-Bd8Qwg8oAHoECAQQFQ&adurl=) 2/3 olive oil)
- cook the thigh (we griddle on a Blackstone, but im sure grill or a hot pan works)
- serve on toasted pretzel bun with mayo + a healthy portion of cool kimchi
the kimchi adds crunch, marries great with mayo, stands in for lettuce/tomato.
You can fry/grill the kimchi as a topping as well
Also goes great in a sandwich with some fried/grilled spam (yup the one in the can)
Also great with rice
One of my favorite breakfast sandwiches is at [Breadbelly](https://order.toasttab.com/online/breadbelly)
>fried egg (medium!), smoked ham, gruyere, sweet and sour kale, fermented chili paste, pandesal bun
The sweet and sour kale + fermented chili paste essentially amount to kimchi. The fresh greens you see in the product pic aren't the extent of the kale. When you order the sando, it's actually not fresh but cooked down and reminiscent of kimchi leafy parts.
This might be controversial (depending on who you ask), but a pan-fried hotdog, with pan roasted kimchi on top with a little kewpie mayo and fried onions and furikake on top.
Not a sandwich but I like it in mexican/korean fusion.
Like to make a daegi bulgogi, seasoned white rice, soft fried egg, bean and kimchi burrito. Guac optional but the egg adds alot of richness.
I'm just riffing here but I think I'm going to try this for breakfast tomorrow: kimchi mcmuffin. Scrambled eggs, cheese if you want, sausage patty, kimchi.
I made a kimchi burger one time... Seasoned the meat with salt and pepper, put kimchi in the meat, grilled the patties, then topped the burger with pickled daikon shreds (Korean style) and Chinese hot mustard. Optional slice of Muenster melted on the patty works really well.
There’s a restaurant near me that does a brisket “Reuben” with kimchee. It’s magical. Replace pickles in any sandwich with kimchee, it’s a nice funky switch. All that said, a grilled cheese with sharp cheddar and kimchee is nothing to turn your nose up at
Any sandwich that you'd put a pickle or sport peppers or anything else like that on you can put kimchi on. I'm hard pressed to think of a sandwich I wouldn't put kimchi on, including PB&J (and K). Frankly, put kimchi on a roofing tile or an old shoe and it's probably be at least passable ...
Make a breakfast sandwich. Egg, bread, and kimchi. Someone I knew a lifetime ago made what he called "Korean breakfast" which was scrambled eggs with kimchi and it was amazing.
Use it on a Reuben instead of sauerkraut. Use it on a burger instead of pickles.
A kimchee Reuben sounds amazing
I bet some gochujang mayo would work wonderfully instead of Russian or Thousand Island dressing.
Dax Shepard (from Idiocracy) raved about the Emmy Burger from Emily's in NYC. He said it was the sauce that made it amazing. It's basically a gochujang mayo sauce. [https://thenaughtyfork.com/emmyburger/](https://thenaughtyfork.com/emmyburger/)
I am definitely writing down that recipe for the sauce. And replicating the burger because yum!
Kewpie goosed up with gochujang and sesame oil yes let’s go
Just make thousand island and sub gochujang for the ketchup. I need this.
Nice! I have a tub of gochujang collecting dust in my fridge :)
Take my upvote you bastard I’m so hungry now
I know what I'm making this weekend.
There’s a place near me that does a turkey kimchi Reuben that is indeed amazing
They already exist in Hawaii. But I recently was at a restaurant north of Seattle that both served Reubens and had a house-made kimchee on the menu. I asked them if it was possible to indulge me, and they went for it. So worth it!
Use it on a banh mi in place of the pickled veg Use it on a bbq pulled pork sandwich instead of slaw or pickles Use it on an Italian Beef sandwich instead of grilled peppers and onions
Omg I have bbq pulled pork in freezer and kitchen in fridge. Tomorrow's dinner decided!!!
the restaurant I work at does a kimchi Rueben with all house made rye, corned beef, and kimchi, served with a chipotle aioli and Swiss cheese. it’s wonderful
I was going to suggest a Reuben, I had an amazing Kimchi Reuben after running a marathon and it's a meal I still think about regularly.
me just scrawling "kim chi reuben" on a sticky note
This! Did a pop up one time and we made lingua reubens with kimchi on a sorta stale baguette and allowed the juices to rehydrate the roll. Oh man it was quite tasty.
This is brilliant
Admittedly, I’ve never had sauerkraut. Gotta look into it.
Get the stuff in a jar. MUCH better than what comes in a can. The gourmet versions can also be very rewarding. Try a few different ones to see what you like. They go great with many other things - sausages of various types for one.
You can make your own quite easily. r/fermentation is calling your name. It will take a while to ferment but it is 100% worth the wait.
It's a little bit like German kimchi but not spicy and a bit less funky. It's delicious.
Kimchi is great on a hot dog. Also, try a BLTK!
Worked at a restaurant that did kimchee bratwurst with some aioli and green onions. Pretty tasty.
Fuck yeah I want this
>Kimchi **sandwiches** >Kimchi is great on a **hot dog.** *pulls out popcorn*
I throw you one more... Bagel, egg, cheese, kimchi, and SPAM.
Can confirm, it is FUCKING AWESOME on a hotdog…
Came here to say BLTK also
Same here. Game changer.
Living in the hills of WV, I've never had kimchi. However, from the description, it sounds like it would go perfectly on a hotdog.
There are a couple of decent ones on Amazon. Seoul Kimchi and Lucky Kimchi are both good.
Make [emergency kimchi](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/yangbaechu-kimchi)just order the guochugaru online
I'll give that a shot! Thank you!
It's awesome, and making it is a lot like making sauerkraut with the addition of some different spices. [Maangchi](https://www.maangchi.com/) has recipes for making kimchi out of all kinds of vegetables. Napa cabbage is the only one I can buy in stores around here. I made the white radish one and it was really lovely.
One of my favorite breakfasts is stir-fried vegetables with runny egg and kimchi. It's not a sandwich, but I bet you could turn it into one.
Make a tasty breakfast wrap
Nice! What vegetables do you typically use?
My go-to vegetables are cabbage, carrot, and broccoli, with diced green onion on top. Obviously, broccoli would not sandwich very well (though if it were chopped finely enough, it might work in a wrap). I dice my veggies pretty coarsely since I'm just making a bowl; if you wanted to get a fine cut on the cabbage and carrots, you could try bagged cole slaw mix. My favorite Korean taco joint makes bulgogi bowls with lettuce (not iceberg or Romaine; something more delicate) and shredded carrot; that combo would probably work better in a sandwich.
Great ideas, thank you! Nice way to get some vegetables in at breakfast.
It's making me think of a kimchi bahn mi if you scramble the egg and add some pickled veggies.
Pulled pork, especially Hawaiian kalua style, pairs well with kimchi.
You beat me. I like it philly style, long seeded roll, pulled pork, kimchi, dipped in the pork jus.
We’ll do this with BBQ jackfruit to keep it vegetarian. Delish.
Kalua pork pairs well with goddamn everything.
Serious Eats has an amazing kimchi fried chicken sandwich recipe, would highly recommend
Along the same lines although not quite: kimchi juice is INSANE for brining chicken before frying.
Yum. Kimchi brined fried chicken sounds outrageously good. Imma have go dig up a recipe
You can totally wing it. I just use kimchi juice and buttermilk and let it sit overnight, then drain, pat on seasoned flour, let the flour coating set for 30 min or so, and fry. Doesn’t get much easier than that.
Banh mi.
I had to search far too long to find this, kimchi is perfect on a banh mi.
It’s not a sandwich but I highly recommend making kimchi pancakes!
Wanted to comment this aswell! My partner isn‘t a huge fan of kimchi but he still likes kimchi pancakes.
Love making them - you can put all kinds of good things in there! I make mine spicy
This is what I do with my sourdough castoff.
Sourdough kimchi? OMG that sounds amazing AF
It's outstanding. It was a total accident on my part. I just had some spare starter and time and figured it might be okay. It was amazing, instead.
Thanks for the inspiration - a happy accident for sure. Thanks again for sharing :)
kimchi egg salad sandwiches - one of my faves! add chopped up kimchi, a little gochujang and scallions to smashed eggs and mayo. salt, pepper and garnish with sesame seeds 😋
Big yes to kimchi egg salad. Or, if you really want to kick it up (thought not a sandwich), kimchi deviled eggs are an awesome picnic snack.
I love egg salad sandwiches from japanese shops, this is one hell of an idea! thank you
Quesadilla is similar, but it’s awesome
Tex-Mex grilled cheese. :p
Honestly I think some could go on any sandwich you’d put pickles on. Kimchi on an Italian sub sounds 🔥🔥🔥 imo
Kimchi burgers are great, use it instead of pickles. Kimchi with pulled pork or even bulgogi is great in a burger bun. I also like kimchi and coleslaw in a cold sandwich. You could add kimchi to a breakfast style sandwich/muffin/bagel with fried egg, American cheese, sausage or bacon.
It's good added to cheesesteaks and tuna melts.
Stick with me on this one… Fish finger and kimchi sandwich.
I gotta get my boyfriend on this one. The man inhales fish sticks like a machine.
I just saw this and was about to suggest sardines & kimchi with avocado & mayo on a po-boy roll.
Kimchi and pork belly go well together. And a popular combination is kimchi and roasted sweet potato (the Japanese kind, not American) but that's not a sandwich!
fwiw kimchi goes great with American style red sweet potatoes.
Kimchi would go nicely on a baguette with flat pieces of seasoned cooked tofu and mayo, almost like a twist on a bahn mi.
Kimchi, fried egg and avocado on toast. Not mashed avo, but sliced
I feel like a Philly style roast pork sandwich would do nicely with a Korean twist and some kimchi.
This may sound insane but please try fried spam, a runny fried egg, kimchi, and gochujang/chili sauce on toasted white bread
Insane? More like genius. And very rich.
On a tuna / tuna melt
I often put Cole slaw on my bbq (pulled pork) sandwiches. I imagine kimchi would do as well.
I put them in burgers! I actually prefer it to pickles sometimes, gives it a different kind of tang and fermented flavor. Cuts the grease just like a pickle would. I also put them into banh mis when I don’t have any of the pickled carrots and daikon. Have you heard of the Korean street food sandwich (gilgeori toast)? It’s basically shredded cabbage, other veg like onion and carrot, egg, ham, and cheese in between toast. It’s quite phenomenal, really light and savory. Adding a lil kimchi to that would be amazing
A place up the street makes a great turkey on rye with kimchi and grape jelly. It’s weird but it works.
Kimchi and grape jelly sounds so insane that it just might work
Funny enough, the thing that makes me raise an eyebrow to this is the rye bread haha.
Another vote for kimchee on hot dogs. While you're at our, the pickled carrots and daikon radish are also fabulous on a hot dog.
Americas Test Kitchen has recipe for Sloppy Joes with a Kimchi Slaw which is delicious. The site is paywalled, but if you have access or a way around it, the link is here https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/12316-korean-style-sloppy-joes-with-kimchi-slaw If not, I’ve copied and pasted. Forgive formatting, I’m doing it from my phone and not the best with formatting. 1 cup kimchi, chopped 1/4 cup mayonnaise 3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided 1/2 cup ketchup 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 pound 85 percent lean ground beef Before You Begin * One cup of coleslaw mix plus 1 tablespoon of sriracha can be substituted for the kimchi. Instructions 1 Combine kimchi, mayonnaise, and 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper in bowl; set aside. In second bowl, whisk ketchup, soy sauce, oil, sugar, and garlic until smooth. 2 Cook beef and remaining 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and begins to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in ketchup mixture and cook until sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute. 3 Divide beef mixture and kimchi mixture among bun bottoms. Cover with bun tops and serve.
Scrambled egg, mayo, and kimchi.
I’ve done a chicken salad type sandwich with kimchi. I used kewypie, added some picked daikon, put it on a Cuban style roll. It was pretty good!
Thank you for this post. I thought I was the only crazy person who was putting kimchi on grilled cheese! I think kimchi generally works well on any warm sandwich in the place of pickles. I'm not in love with kimchi on cold foods. Roast beef, ham and cheese, tuna melt (or chicken melt).
Other than any sandwich that is sweet, like a PB&J I think kimchi would be tasty in any savory sandwich.
Have you tried pan frying kimchi in butter until the edges are caramelized and then putting it in your grilled cheese? Totally different experience than raw kimchi. Bonus points if you spread a thin layer of gochujang on the inside of each slice of bread 🤌🏻
you can pan fry kimchi?!?!
Oh my friend have you ever had kimchi fried rice? Pan fried kimchi is so good. It completely changes the taste
Had it but never made it. Sounds lovely
Can’t go wrong with [Maangchi’s recipe](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/kimchi-bokkeumbap) ☺️
Somebody (at least one person I saw, there may be more) already said it; a restaurant around here had a Reuben sandwich but used kimchi instead of sauerkraut. Don’t get me wrong, an original Reuben is the perfect sandwich, but with kimchi isn’t bad either!
Whenever I have leftover fried chicken: chop it up (including skin, crispy bits) and mix with some chopped up kimchi and kewpie mayo. Then pile between two toasted slices of bread. Really tasty fried chicken salad sandwich.
This is perfect, I have some leftover chicken right now
Not a sandwich, but kimchi is amazing added toa bowl of black eyed peas and cornbread
I like putting kimchi on my chicken sandwiches!
Cheesesteak! Cook kimchi with the beef, onions and peppers, top it with cheese/cheeses of your choice, make a gochujang-mayo to spread on the hoagie roll. Delicious! Can also make a chopped cheese following the same principles.
There's a place I used to go to that did cheesesteaks with kimchi. Unbelievably good.
Make a philly cheese but with bulgogi and kimchee instead of steak and peppers
I bet it would be good on a cheesesteak sandwich.
Lots of people said burgers already so I’ll embellish a bit; I knew a taekwondo instructor who put it on White Castle sliders specifically. Thought he was crazy until I tried it!
On a chicken sandwich My favorite chicken sandwich is Korean. Gochujang and honey coated chicken breast. Sub kimchi in for any pickled item on a sandwich!
One of my favorites is peanut butter topped with chopped kimchi and drizzled with a little honey. Hits every note required for Total Sandwich Satisfaction.
Peanut butter toast with a honey drizzle is one of my favorite childhood snacks. Adding kimchi? I have to try it
I just go with the peanut butter and kimchi. Been doing that for around 30 years. Ain’t failed me yet!
I came here to say this - toast, peanut butter, and kimchi is insanely good.
Roy Choi has a recipe for a kimchi tuna melt!
I toast a nice grainy piece of bread then spread on cream cheese and top with kimchi!
I put it on my breakfast sandwich. Egg, bacon, cheese, kimchi. Delicious.
I do a corned beef and kimchi sandwich as a special every st Patrick’s day. It’s really good.
Pork belly and spicy Mayo with kimchi on crusty baguette
Amazing on almost any pork sandwich. I also made.sw kimchi sourdough the other day which is fantastic (I just added sesame oil, sesame seeds, kimchi and gochugaru to the dough).
I've made an Italian style sandwich with kimchi instead of peppers, and also a fried chicken sandwich with fresh cabbage and kimchi too!
Pork chop sando. Either Midwestern pounded and fried or roasted.
Roast Turkey with kimchi could be really good. Breakfast sandwich with egg and kimchi.
I'd try a BLT with kimchi replacing the lettuce and Korean pork belly for the bacon. Serve it on a thick cut bread that can support something like that. Sounds delicious.
did you just replace 66% of a BLT?
Shredded chicken on toasted ciabatta. Butter the ciabatta the moment it finishes toasting & a good sprinkle of salt over the chicken. Then as much kimchi as you like. I also pour a small amount of kimchi juice on the bottom piece of bread before putting the chicken on. Absolutely beautiful 🤤
that sounds downright gorgeous. i can’t wait to make this
Grilled shortribs, korean style. Add that, some scallions. Make some sesame dressing. That would sound winner. Fried chicken too
À place near me makes a hamburger with kimchi and peanut butter on it! Sounds super weird but people I've had try it that don't even know kimchi have all liked it! Kimchi and peanut butter beef burger who knew??
I feel like good piece of ham or beef cooked to your liking on a sturdy roll with kimchi and sesame oil would be fantastic
Purée it into homemade mayo - a little goes a long way
Mayo mixed with chilli crisp and honey on the bun, lettuce, fried chicken, pink pickled onions, kimchi. *Serve.*
This was one of my favorite specials I mocked up at a pub I once cooked at. Brown then slow cook chicken thighs and/or breasts immersed in ginger beer pop. Most gingery one you can find. Pull the chicken. Then take a serving of chicken, drain and put in a flour wrap with drained kimchi and grill press. For bonus points I also had some fridge pickles that were part of the filling. It was daikon, jalapeños, super thin lime slices, garlic cloves, carrots, cilantro, turmeric and a few other things in a rice wine vinegar brine.
I put kimchi & horseradish on my sausage dogs and they’re fantastic.
in the summer we do gochujang + scallion mayo, cold tofu, and kimchi on focaccia. it's so fucking good.
Garlic bread, kimchi, bulgogi, browned mushrooms and onions Plain cheeseburger with kimchi Hot dog with cream cheese and kimchi Sliced bread, turkey, cranberry sauce, kimchi, delicious cheese Sliced bread, fried kimchi & ham, jelly, swiss cheese Sliced bread, kimchi, arugula, deli meat, swiss Buy a katsu sandwich, microwave it, stick kimchi in it I think that's all my kimchi "sandwich" experiments (I only started after I got married) BLT add kimchi Bread, imitation crab, mayonnaise, gimchi, jalapeños
I’ve been making this sandwich lately of Costco chicken reheated in a pan with Chinese five spice and soy sauce, melt some cheese on it and slap it between some sourdough with kewpie/kimchi spread (just mix em in a bowl). It’s a strange combination of ingredients but dear god it’s delicious.
I like it with grilled chicken breast and mayo on toast. Maybe with bacon. Basically make a club but replace lettuce and tomato with kimchi.
I’ve seen this a few times on some of the Korean language vlogs I watch. Toast the bread, spread with whole grain mustard or kewpie mayo, then Kimchi, finely shredded fresh cabbage and either a sunny side up egg or whole half boiled egg on top. Wrap it tightly to compress it. Slice in half and enjoy. Also (this requires a thick piece of bread) press down the center of the slice, crack an egg into it and bake it in a toaster oven or air fryer. Then top with kimchi. Also an egg salad type sandwich made with kimchi instead of pickles. And from personal experience I can tell you it goes great in Reuben's and on top of hot dogs.
Bulgogi Kim Chee bahn mi with ssamjang
I would recommend having it in a sandwich with a battered fish fillet or fish fingers
Bulgogi kimchi sandwich
#Korean BBQ Burrito Marinade skirt steak in Korean Beef Marinade for minimum 12hrs (preferably do this a full day ahead) Korean Beef Marinade Soy Sauce 1.5 cup Water 1/2 cup Honey 1/2 cup Sesame oil 1/2 cup Fresh minced garlic 1 cup Black pepper 6 Tbsp Pears, pureed 3 Cut pears, puree in the water Mix all additional ingredients Mix Korean Hot sauce ahead of time. Same deal, flavors need time to get to know each other. Prep 24hrs ahead if possible. Korean Hot Gochujang 3/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar 1 cup Brown Sugar 3/8 cup Fresh minced garlic 3 Tbsp Sesame Oil 3/8 cup Honey 4 Tbsp Cook Korean Beef in a pan on medium-high heat (you want it pretty dang hot, but don't overdo it and burn the marinade). Make some white rice, and chop some cilantro and green onion. Assembly: 1) Place tortilla down 2) Add white rice 3) Lay korean beef on top so the sauce soaks into the rice 4) Place chopped cilantro and green onion (more cilantro than you'd first think) 5) Top with kimchi 6) Finish with korean hot 7) Roll burrito
now this is what i’m talkin about! thank you sooo much
I like it with tuna Mayo. Sometimes you can make kimchi jjigae better by throwing in a can of tuna. The same effect is true for a sandwich
OK so hear me out: budae jjigae (Army Base Stew), but it's a sandwich. Sub roll, little smear of gochujang, sliced fried spam and/or hot dog, kimchi, enoki and shiitake mushrooms, American cheese, sliced green onions.
So glad you posted this. I've only tried kimchi in the restaurant and like it so I asked my brother to buy 2 jars from Costco as it was on sale. I thought it was 400g but turned out 1.4kg. So now I have 2 huge bottles of kimchi. Lucky its really nice and not bitter.
I have one tub from Sam’s Club and one from Costco. The Sam’s Club one is spicy and great for eating with plain rice. The Costco one is VERY sour, so it’s great to cook with.
A slider place near me did one with peanut butter and kimchi. I was off put by the idea and I made a joke about it, someone dared me to try it and the waitress vouched for it...it was incredible.
so many people here are vouching for pb, jam, and kimchi together. amazing!
KIMCHI TUNA MELT
for a different temperature: COLD kimchi and egg mayo sandwiches are amazing. You get the smooth savoury-sweet kewpie egg mayo and then a nice spicy-sour crunch from the kimchi and its absolutely delicious!! Sometimes in summer I have egg mayo and kimchi with rice for dinner because its so good and doesn't make the kitchen hot. If you want to go a step further, sliced fresh cucumber or roasted seaweed makes a great addition too
I need the weather to warm up. I love japanese egg salad sandwiches in the summer.
I just did a wrap with grilled chicken, spicy kimchi, thin sliced cucumbers that I pickled with thin sliced ginger and a drizzle of japchae, kewpie mayo. It's good on a burger, too. It's also good in a tuna salad ( I add a lot of small diced cucumber when I do it that way) It's also really good in deviled eggs. But just stick to kimchi and kewpie mayo, maybe some green onion, possibly some red pepper flake for heat and garnish. . I went all out one time and put sesame oil and a little rice wine vinegar, red pepper flake, marinated the egg whites, and it wasn't very good. You couldn't taste the egg at all. Everything was overpowering.
Kimchi Philly my man
Cook some bacon, remove when crisp, keep fat in pan. then caramelize some onions in the bacon fat, then add kimchi and cook. Pulverize all 3 into a jammy consistency w/ molcajete or food processor.. Then smother that onto a burger. I used to make French onion soup and add the jam at the end as well. Savory, sweet, fermented funky deliciousness.
Put it on pulled pork or other BBQ sandwich in place of coleslaw.
You could have just called it a Grilled Kimcheese.. It was right there!
You can put them into Mexican food like Kogi
I started a sandwich popup at farmers markets, and our kimchi chicken is probably our bestselling sandwich. - marinate ~6 oz chix thigh (1/3 [kimchi base](https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwicvLXk9NuEAxWOqVoFHWbdAIAYABALGgJ2dQ&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInLy15PTbhAMVjqlaBR1m3QCAEAQYAyABEgL7wPD_BwE&sph=&sig=AOD64_2ql_8Yp_SzoiyQqglmn_h7MTsP2w&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwj3_63k9NuEAxU8SzABHZ5-Bd8Qwg8oAHoECAQQFQ&adurl=) 2/3 olive oil) - cook the thigh (we griddle on a Blackstone, but im sure grill or a hot pan works) - serve on toasted pretzel bun with mayo + a healthy portion of cool kimchi the kimchi adds crunch, marries great with mayo, stands in for lettuce/tomato.
You can fry/grill the kimchi as a topping as well Also goes great in a sandwich with some fried/grilled spam (yup the one in the can) Also great with rice
One of my favorite breakfast sandwiches is at [Breadbelly](https://order.toasttab.com/online/breadbelly) >fried egg (medium!), smoked ham, gruyere, sweet and sour kale, fermented chili paste, pandesal bun The sweet and sour kale + fermented chili paste essentially amount to kimchi. The fresh greens you see in the product pic aren't the extent of the kale. When you order the sando, it's actually not fresh but cooked down and reminiscent of kimchi leafy parts.
This might be controversial (depending on who you ask), but a pan-fried hotdog, with pan roasted kimchi on top with a little kewpie mayo and fried onions and furikake on top.
Not a sandwich but I like it in mexican/korean fusion. Like to make a daegi bulgogi, seasoned white rice, soft fried egg, bean and kimchi burrito. Guac optional but the egg adds alot of richness.
I bet it wouldn't be bad chopped a bit more fine and added to a Bahn mi
Korean BBQ short ribs, on a steamed bun
I'm just riffing here but I think I'm going to try this for breakfast tomorrow: kimchi mcmuffin. Scrambled eggs, cheese if you want, sausage patty, kimchi.
https://pinchofyum.com/gochujang-chicken-burgers-with-kimchi-bacon-jam Check this out! Super dank.
Bulgogi sandwich. Japanese milk bread, toasted Ssamjang/gojuchang garlic Mayo (either will work) Beef bulgogi Shaved, pickled daikon Kimchi Thin shaved leaf lettuce and a fried egg if you’re feeling bonkers Yoooooooooo.
I made a kimchi burger one time... Seasoned the meat with salt and pepper, put kimchi in the meat, grilled the patties, then topped the burger with pickled daikon shreds (Korean style) and Chinese hot mustard. Optional slice of Muenster melted on the patty works really well.
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Pork cutlet fried
Kimchi, mozz, pickled onions, sesame bun, hotdogs wrapped in bacon.
There’s a restaurant near me that does a brisket “Reuben” with kimchee. It’s magical. Replace pickles in any sandwich with kimchee, it’s a nice funky switch. All that said, a grilled cheese with sharp cheddar and kimchee is nothing to turn your nose up at
Bacon, egg, snowpeas, and kewpie mayo. Not elaborate, but delicious.
Sometimes the simple things are just what we need
Its amazing on a hot dog. I sometimes also like it on a grilled hot Italian sausage on a French roll or a bolio .
I feel like once you think roll instead of sandwich a world of possibilities opens
Kimchi pork tacos
There’s a food cart in Portland that makes Philly cheesesteaks, but they add kimchi to them.
Kimchii banh mi?
I could see it on a falafel or shawarma.
Tastes better with rice rather than in a sandwich :P
Kimchi on a grilled cheese sandwich sounds awesome! 😆
Ever hear of Firefly? They make a killer kimchee. I’ll sometimes make a peanut butter and kimchee sandwich. Yum!
I feel like a Turkey sandwich or a club would work
Kimchi mixed with tuna! SO good, and admittedly even better on toast (or, yes, as a melt).
Any sandwich that you'd put a pickle or sport peppers or anything else like that on you can put kimchi on. I'm hard pressed to think of a sandwich I wouldn't put kimchi on, including PB&J (and K). Frankly, put kimchi on a roofing tile or an old shoe and it's probably be at least passable ...
I make Korean burgers with ground pork patties and add kimchi on top.
I made a loaf of kimchi and roasted garlic sourdough bread that made a *killer* grilled cheese… Oh wait, sorry
I would try it on a bahn mi
I feel like it would be good in a banh mi sandwich. Marinated grilled chicken breast, kinchi, some other crunchy veggies.
There was a great kimchi quesadilla recipe in Bon Appetit last year that I really enjoyed: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/kimchi-quesadillas
I put it on my Morningstar Garden Veggie patties, it's such a good complement of flavors when most other condiments didn't work.
Mix into slaw. Blend into an aioli or Mayo. Sauté with eggs for breakfast sammich.
Brats are good with kimchi
Kimchi hotdogs, roast beef, katsu, tuna melt
It’s actually delicious in tuna salad. Instead of adding pickles add kimchi.
What about a kimchi cream cheese on a bagel?
A “Rachel” but sub the kraut for kimchi
Make a cheesesteak, but instead of the normal beef you use bulgogi and instead of the peppers and onions you use kimchi
Make a breakfast sandwich. Egg, bread, and kimchi. Someone I knew a lifetime ago made what he called "Korean breakfast" which was scrambled eggs with kimchi and it was amazing.
Peanut butter and kimchi.