This is the classic, spicy, traditional napa cabbage kimchi called tongbaechu-kimchi, aka baechu-kimchi, or pogi-kimchi. But this dish is so common that most Koreans simply call it “kimchi.” When people talk about kimchi, this is the dish they’re referring to!
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