One of the most popular vegetables for harvesting are cucumbers. These vegetables are not only very healthy, but also have excellent taste. And also, not least, in the season they are in almost every home. They can be salted, pickled, sour and used in various vegetable salads. Today we will tell you how to cook delicious cucumbers for the winter in Korean.
Recipe for cooking cucumbers in Korean with photo and video
The recipe for Korean Cucumbers got its name because it uses a mixture of spices, which is used for pickling and salting in Korean cuisine.
Preparing such a spicy snack is very easy from simple and affordable ingredients.
Did you know? It turns out sharp pickled carrots, do not belong to the national dishes of Korea. This snack began to prepare the Koreans, but who lived in the USSR. In this way, they replaced kimchi, a traditional dish of Peking cabbage, which was not on the Soviet shelves at that time.
Grocery list
To prepare a delicious snack you will need:
- cucumbers - 2 kg;
- carrots - 500 g;
- sugar - 105 g;
- salt - 50 g;
- garlic - one medium head;
- Korean spice mixture or Korean carrot seasoning - 10 g;
- vinegar 9% - 125 ml;
- vegetable oil - 125 ml.
Features of the choice of ingredients
The taste of the preparation directly depends on the quality of the cucumbers, so it is better to use fresh, juicy fruits of medium size. It is such instances that the quantity of juice is needed and it will be pleasant to crunch in the finished snack.
Important! It is not recommended to use over-ripe cucumbers for harvesting, as they do not have a dense structure, thick rind and large seeds.
Necessary equipment and kitchen utensils
Before cooking, you should make sure that you have at hand:
- large bowl;
- cutting board;
- knife;
- Korean carrot grater or vegetable cutter;
- 6 cans of 0, 5 l;
- 6 caps; key for seaming;
- large sterilization pan;
- towel;
- warm blanket or blanket.
You can save cucumbers for the winter in different ways, namely: freeze, cook sliced cucumbers, marinate, cook salted cucumbers, pickle without sterilization and a sealing key or prepare a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes.
Step by step process with photo and video
- Carefully wash the vegetables and dry them.
- Cut tails on cucumbers from two sides and cut them into circles.
- Clean the carrots and grate them for Korean carrots or cut them into thin slices using a vegetable cutter.
- Pour the chopped vegetables into a large bowl, add sugar, salt, vinegar and vegetable oil.
- Peeled garlic cloves pass through the press and add to a bowl of vegetables. Pour seasoning, mix thoroughly and leave the salad at room temperature for 4 hours. Every 30-40 minutes you need to mix the vegetables so that they evenly marinated and soaked with spices.
- After a specified time, lay the salad in sterile jars. It is advisable to tamp vegetables tightly in a container.
- Take a large pot and lay a towel on its bottom. We put all the cans and pour water (its level should reach the point where the can is tapering). Cover the jars with salad lids and turn on the fire.
- When water boils, we establish a pressure in order to prevent water from entering the workpiece. To do this, you can put an inverted lid from the pan on top and place a pan of the appropriate diameter on it. After boiling, sterilize the jars of salad for 10 minutes.
- We take out the jars and roll up the lids.
- After that, they need to turn and wrap in a warm blanket to cool completely.
Important! If you use 0.75 ml jars, they must be sterilized for 15 minutes, and liter jars for 20 minutes.
Video: how to cook Korean cucumbers for the winter
How and where to store the workpiece
As with all conservation, it is necessary to store this workpiece in a cool dark place. The ideal option is a storage room or basement.
But given that we have sterilized the salad, you can store it in the closet, but away from direct sunlight and heating appliances.
Did you know?The French Emperor Napoleon, who had excellent health, was very fond of cucumbers. He even promised a huge reward to anyone who would figure out how to store these vegetables on long hikes. Unfortunately, it was unknown to any of Bonaparte’s contemporaries.
Korean cucumbers: with what to serve the salad to the table
This preparation in the winter will always be a find for the holiday table or just as a side dish for lunch. Sharp, spicy, crispy cucumbers with carrots can be served with fish, meat, potatoes or porridge. 
Salad does not need to be filled with anything, you just need to get and open a jar, put it in a salad bowl and decorate with fresh greens or onions if desired.
Read also how to cook cabbage with carrots in Korean, Korean carrots, zucchini and cauliflower in Korean.
Now you know what to cook for the winter cucumbers in Korean is not worth much effort. The ingredients in this recipe are very affordable and familiar. But the taste of this billet, you will certainly delight you. So we recommend to take note and try this snack.
Feedback from network users
The easiest salad, which can be prepared year-round and which will successfully "fit" in the summer feast at the cottage or barbecue, is the Korean Spicy Cucumber salad. I note immediately that this salad can be prepared either simply from cucumbers, or from a mixture of cucumbers and that part of the radish root, together with a part of the tops that ordinary Europeans throw out.
Ingredients:
fresh cucumber (no matter salad or pickling, the main thing is not overripe) fresh dill garlic sugar black salt (red for those who love spicier) vinegar or citron (you can freshly squeezed lemon juice) vegetable or olive oil.
Pre-wash vegetables well and dry them, cucumber should be cut into not very thin semi-circles, finely chop the dill, finely chop the garlic. Vegetables and herbs mixed in a salad bowl, add garlic, sugar-citron-salt in a ratio of about 4: 2: 1, a spoonful of two oils, mix and remove in the cold for an hour or two. You can make this salad as an appetizer in advance (per day), then you need to close the jar tightly and shake it periodically.
The recipe was published with the participation of Elena
