It is no longer just garlic and red pepper that find their way into kimchi pots. A host of other ingredients, ranging from the mundane to the exotic, are also used ​ — green onions, carrots, leeks, ginger, sesame seeds, pears, oysters, salted baby shrimps, chestnuts, abalone, pine nuts, seaweed.
Praegusel ajal kasutatakse kimchi valmistamisel peale küüslaugu ja punase pipra muidki lisandeid, nii tavalisi kui ka eksootilisi, näiteks mugulsibulat, porgandit, porrulauku, ingverit, seesamiseemneid, pirne, austreid, soolatud krevette, kastaneid, merikõrvu, männiseemneid ja merevetikaid.