Grilled Cheese with Kimchi

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J. Kenji López-Alt
Kenji Lopez Alt
J. Kenji López-Alt
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Kenji is the former culinary director for Serious Eats and a current culinary consultant for the site. He is also a New York Times food columnist and the author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science.
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Updated Aug. 10, 2018
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Getting back to basics here. The Grilled Kimcheeze is a modern classic, playing off the whole Korean/American fusion thing. Turns out that kimchi belongs in a grilled cheese about as much as a slice of American cheese belongs in a bowl of kimchi jjigae. (That is, a lot.)

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