The Best Kimchi Pizza

Kimchi Pizza is a vibrant and flavorful combination of sour and tangy kimchi, chilly sauce, and your favorite melty cheese on top of crisp crust.

This quick and easy Kimchi Pizza gives an appetizing Korean twist to the classic Italian pizza, which I am sure you will love!

I love Kimchi so much that I could eat it at every meal. I know that Kimchi Pizza is not as popular as other pizza flavors like pepperoni, chicken, and vegetable pizzas. Yet, I assure you the taste and texture of this pizza can compete with any other pizza flavor.

Check out my other kimchi recipe, Beef And Kimchi Fried Rice.

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• About The Kimchi Pizza Recipe
• Best Kimchi To Use
• Cheese
• Why We Love This Recipe
• Ingredients
• Variations
• How To Make Kimchi Pizza - Step-By-Step
• Top Tips!
• Serving Suggestions
• More Pizza Recipes
• Recipe Card
• Comments

About The Kimchi Pizza Recipe

Enjoy the sour, spicy and tangy flavor of this pizza topping, and make it even better by dumping a lot of quick-melting mozzarella cheese on top. Each bite would be cheesy, crispy, rich in flavor.

Just like any other type and flavor of pizza, your Kimchi Pizza can be served regardless of time and occasion. Serve it for dinner, lunch or snack.

Don't forget that a party without pizza to pass around would be incomplete! Make sure to bring this homemade pizza to any gathering you are invited to!

The pizza, uses a store-bought crust; It will come together in under 20 minutes saving you a lot of time.

Best Kimchi To Use

For less complications, use baechu kimchi. It is the most common kimchi, and the most available as well. It is made with salted and rinsed cabbages coated in hot red pepper flakes, onion, garlic, ginger, and optional fish sauce.

Cheese

Let's talk about cheese; I love using mozzarella in all my pizza recipes. However, aside from mozzarella, provolone is the ideal option when it comes to melted cheeses, With its mild flavor and gooey texture.

Why We Love This Recipe

• Making pizza is usually a lot of work, but this recipe will be ready in no more than 15 minutes.
• You can easily alter the toppings of this pizza to your liking.
• Flavorful, savory; a pizza recipe that would not disappoint your taste bud.
• Kimchi Pizza is a great dish to share with your family for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

Here are all the recipes I used in making this recipe:

Pizza Crust. I used store-bought pizza crust; however, You can make a homemade pizza crust if you have time.

Sesame Oil. Most Korean cuisines use sesame oil as it adds flavor to sauteing dishes. For this pizza recipe, we will cook the toppings in sesame oil for better flavor.

Chilli Sauce. I like to add chilli sauce in making the topping for a bit of spice and sauciness.

Kimchi. This is the star ingredient for this recipe, it will add the tangy, pungent, and sour flavor to the pizza.

Tomato Sauce. Tomato sauce has two purposes in this recipe, first is to give more flavor to the dish, the second is the base for the Pizza sauce.

Garlic. It makes a huge difference in cooking your toppings. With the presence of garlic as a flavoring agent, the taste of this pizza's topping is improved.

Mozzarella Cheese. I love it because it doesn't turn oily and melts so fast.

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Variations

• Add veggies in your toppings, such as sweet red onions, leafy baby spinach, and even asparagus! These will give your pizza a more diverse taste!
• If you love amped up the spicy level of this pizza recipe, you may consider swapping chilli sauce with sriracha sauce.

How To Make Kimchi Pizza - Step-By-Step

First Step - Prepare The Sauce

• Heat sesame oil in a pan or saucepan over medium heat. Add the kimchi, garlic and chilli sauce, cook for 1-2 minutes (stir occasionally).
• Stir in sugar and tomato sauce, cook for 1 minute, then lower the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes more or until the sauce thickens slightly.
• Transfer the sauce to a bowl and let it cool.

Second Step - Assemble The Pizza

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F.
• Press the pizza crust on the bottom of the baking pan.
• Spread the pizza sauce on top of the pizza crust.
• Scatter the kimchi evenly over the sauce.
• Finally, cover with a layer of mozzarella cheese.

Third Step - Bake The Pizza

• Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven.
• Bake for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
• Slice it and enjoy!

Top Tips!

• Some of us prefer a soft pizza crust instead of the common and most preferred crunchy texture of the pizza. If you like the former, cook the pizza for less time or cook it at a lower temperature.
• To prevent your pizza from getting soggy, cook your toppings well until the sauce has a thicker consistency. Watery sauce creates soggy pizza crusts.
• Make sure the sauce is at room temperature before topping it in your pizza crust, or else your pizza will become too soft and will not be crisp when the baking is done.

Serving Suggestions

Serve this Kimchi Pizza with Malfouf salad on the side. Malfouf salad uses a bunch of veggies and would effortlessly complement the taste of the pizza.

Coleslaw would also make a perfect side dish for your pizza as it is light and fresh in taste.

More Pizza Recipes

• Best Homemade Pizza Fries
• Pizza Fritta (Fried Pizza)
• Fresh Spinach Mushroom Pizza
• Pizza Rolls With Puff Pastry
• Roasted Vegetable Pizza - Vegetarian Pizza
• Sweet And Sour Chicken Pizza With BBQ Sauce

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