A matter of taste: Korean cucumbers

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Korean cuisine is one of the most popular in the world. It is characterized by dishes with numerous seasonings. It is she who is famous for dishes made from dog meat and fern leaves, as well as the main dishes of any national feast: rice porridge - pabi and fried pieces of beef - bulgoki. And recipes for salads in Korean (kimchi) and carrots (sabzu) are firmly "settled" in the cookbooks of housewives.

Korean-style cucumbers are a wonderful summer dish that is prepared very easily and quickly. To prepare it you will need:

• bell pepper (red or yellow - for contrast) - 1 pc.;
• 30g soy sauce;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• bulb;
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice;
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (preferably olive oil);
• a little s alt and black pepper to taste.

And now we are cooking. We cut the vegetables: pepper into thin strips, cucumbers into small sticks, onions into rings, garlic into slices. Then we mix vegetables with spices and season the salad with soy sauce, oil and lemon juice. Pepper here can be replaced with carrots, but the salad in this case will be a little rougher. Before serving, it is advisable to keep it in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Korean-style cucumbers for canning for the winter. You will need:

• cucumbers - 4 kg;
• carrot - 1 kg;
• 1 tablespoon of any vegetable oil;
• 1 tablespoon 9% vinegar;
• 100 g s alt;
• seasoning for Korean carrot - 1 sachet;
• 3 small garlic cloves.

To prepare the marinade, mix vinegar, sugar, s alt and oil. Peel the garlic and finely chop. Grind the carrots on a grater for making Korean-style salads, and peel the cucumbers if it is thick, and cut off the tips on both sides. Next, put the vegetables in a container, add garlic and seasoning there, mix and pour the marinade. The prepared mixture is left for 5 hours, then laid out in a bowl. You need to sterilize for 10 minutes and you can roll up.

The next dish is Korean-style fried cucumbers. For their preparation you will need:

• cucumbers - 1kg, it is advisable to choose a variety with fewer seeds;
• 1 tablespoon s alt;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• a handful of sesame seeds;
• 3 tablespoons of sesame oil.

For this salad, you need to thinly cut the cucumbers into slices, you can use a grater. Cut the garlic into thin slices. Then sprinkle the cucumbers with s alt and leave for half an hour. After this time, you need to rinse the cucumbers well so that they are not too s alty, then squeeze. Mix the cucumbers with garlic and spread on a well-heated pan, fry for two minutes. Put on a dish and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Korean stuffed cucumbers are very tasty. You will need:

• cucumbers - 2 kg (preferably small);
• medium sized red apple;
• half red bell pepper;
• small onion;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• ginger root - 40g;
• 1 medium carrot;
• green onion - 300g;
• red ground pepper - 10 g;
• 1 spoon of honey;
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce;
• s alt to taste.

Cut off the tips of the cucumbers, cut each along the crosswise (approximately to the middle), rub with s alt. We put them in a dish under the press for half an hour. Cut the onion into rings, peel the apple and seeds, grate the carrots. Using a blender, mix the apple, onion, sweet pepper, ginger and garlic. So that the mixture is not too thick, you need to add a little water to it. Then add fish sauce, honey, onions, carrots here and mix again, but with a spoon. This will be the filling. Wash the cucumbers with water, removing excess s alt. Now we fill themprepared pasta and put in a container that can be hermetically sealed. Marinate them for two days and refrigerate them before eating.

Since we are talking about oriental cuisine, I would like to finally talk about how you can cook fresh cucumbers in Chinese style. For cooking you will need:

• 8 eggs;
• 2-3 pickles;
• 100 g chicken broth;
• 40g maotai (Chinese rice vodka);
• 2 tablespoons rendered lard;
• s alt and pepper;
• greens.

In this recipe, instead of vodka, dry white wine can be added to cucumbers. So, cut the cucumbers into cubes, beat the eggs. Then we mix them, add vodka or wine, broth and spices to taste. The resulting mixture is placed in a pan with well-heated lard and fry. Then pour in 1 tbsp. a spoonful of melted fat. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with finely chopped herbs.

Bon appetit!