Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cucumber kimchi. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cucumber Kimchi is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cucumber Kimchi is something which I have loved my entire life.
Cucumber kimchi (Oi Kimchi, 오이 김치) is a popular summer kimchi in Korea. Essentially, both of them are cucumber kimchi. But one kimchi is serve with stuffed vegetables inside and the other one.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cucumber kimchi using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cucumber Kimchi:
- Prepare For the veg:
- Make ready 4 pounds pickling cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise, then cut into roughly 1-inch pieces
- Prepare 1 bunch green onions, washed, roots trimmed, and cut into 2 inch segments
- Get 1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon kosher salt (about 10% less if you're using regular table salt)
- Make ready For the paste:
- Prepare 1/4 cup minced garlic (about 5 or 6 large cloves)
- Take 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger root (about a 2" segment)
- Take 1/3 cup crushed red chili flakes (like the kind you get with your pizza) more or less depending on your heat tolerance
- Take If you have gochugaru (Korean red chili flakes) & want to use instead of crushed red chili flakes, start with one third cup
- Make ready 1/4 cup steamed white rice, lightly packed (If rice is stale microwave in a bowl with 2 Tbsp of water for 60 seconds.)
- Make ready 1/4 cup fish sauce (like Tiparos or Three Crabs)
- Make ready 1/4 cup sugar
- Make ready 1/4 cup water for blending
- Prepare 1/3 cup water for getting the remaining seasoning off the bowl and making additional brine
I've made kimchi a couple of times. But this kimchi is the easiest and among the most flavorful I've tried. Cucumber Kimchi (오이김치 Oi Kimchi) is the most delicious and refreshing summer Kimchi of all Cucumber Kimchi is also one of those Kimchi's that are rarely served at restaurants or sold at. This quick cucumber kimchi recipe is much more pungent and spicy than its Japanese counterpart (e.g., pickled daikon) and because of that, contains higher levels of nutrients and vitamins.
Instructions to make Cucumber Kimchi:
- In a large stainless steel or mixing bowl, toss the cucumbers, green onion and salt together. Make sure to thoroughly incorporate the salt throughout the cucumber. In 20 to 30 minutes, you should start to see the cucumber release water. Let the cucumber sit for about 2 hours, tossing and redistributing every 30 minutes to ensure even brining.
- After 2 hours, rinse the cucumber with enough water to cover by 4 inches and swishing the cucumber in the water 7 or 8 times. Remove the cucumber into a strainer and let the excess water drain while you prepare the paste.
- Make the paste by putting all the paste ingredients into a blender and blend until you can't see the individual grains of rice. Pour the paste over the cucumber.
- Get into the bowl with your hands and mix that paste into the cucumber until all the pieces are evenly and thoroughly coated.
- Pack your kimchi into a bottle or other tight-lidded container (This time I repurposed a half gallon kimchi jar) and use the last 1/3 cup of water to swish around the mixing bowl, pick up all the remaining paste, and pour that liquid on top of your kimchi. Remember to leave 1 to 2 inches of headspace at the top to allow for expansion as fermentation takes place.
- Your cucumber kimchi is now ready for fermentation in a dark but not cold place like the inside of your cupboard. Or, if you can find a warmish spot in your garage, you can put it there. (I know that's not always possible for cold climate people in the middle of winter.)
- This is the kimchi after about 3 days of fermentation.
This Korean cucumber kimchi is an easy pickled cucumber recipe. Kimchi, a staple in Korean kitchens, is essentially spicy lacto-fermented cabbage at its most traditional - with chopped, salted. The first kimchi I ever fell in love with, though, was oi sobaegi kimchi, or stuffed cucumber kimchi. Oi kimchi is for summer, when cucumbers are at their peak in gardens and markets. Pickled cucumber is an indispensable and irresistible condiment that can be found in most of our favourite grocery stores.
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