The present invention relates to vegan kimchi, and provides vegan kimchi prepared by a kimchi preparation method comprising the steps of: (1) selecting Chinese cabbage to be salted,
cutting the Chinese cabbage to a predetermined size,
salting same in brine with a salt concentration of 4-5% at 15-25°C for 10-18 hours, and then desalting and washing same so as to prepare salted Chinese cabbage; (2) mixing, by weight, 18-22 wt% of radish, 5-7 wt% of large green onion, 5-7 wt% of onion, 2.5-3.5 wt% of cabbage, 1.5-2.5 wt% of whole garlic, 1.0-2.0 wt% of dried
Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing, 0.3-0.6 wt% of
Saccharina japonica and 58-61 wt% of water, and heating same for 9-11 hours so as to prepare a vegetable broth; (3) on the basis of 1 kg of kimchi, which includes 75-79% salted Chinese cabbage, preparing a kimchi
seasoning comprising 4.5-6.0% of the vegetable broth, 4.0-5.0% of radish, 2.5-3.0% of
chili powder, 2.2-2.8% of salt, 1.7-2.1% of garlic, 1.6-2.0% of a plum concentrate, 0.4-0.6% of glutinous rice paste, 0.8-1.2% of large green onion, 0.2-0.4% of onion, 0.3-0.5% of ginger, 0.5-0.7% of white
sugar, 0.04-0.06% of
lactic acid bacteria, 0.4-0.6% of soybean
powder and 0.005-0.007% of enzymatically modified stevia; and (4) mixing the prepared salted Chinese cabbage with the prepared vegetable broth and kimchi
seasoning in a ratio of 70 : 30, wherein, since a
nitrogen source is needed as a substitute for jeotgal required for the proliferation of kimchi
lactic acid bacteria, a
seasoning paste composition is prepared by adding, soybean
powder,
Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing and the like and adding a
green tea extract (0.5-1%) for controlling a
fermentation rate, and, when the optimal
ripening point (pH of 4.2-4.5) is reached, the vegan kimchi undergoes pot-
roasting sterilization treatment, is filled into a glass
jar, and then subjected to
steam sterilization, so that causes of customer complaints due to swelling of the kimchi or excessive
fermentation during room-temperatu