Cucumber Kimchi
Cucumber kimchi is one of favorite summer side dish. You can enjoy fresh cucumber flavour as well as hot & sour kimchi flavour.
3 Cucumbers
1/2 Bundle of Chives
1T Minced Garlic
1t Minced Ginger
1T Chopped Green Onion
2/3 Cup Korean Chili Powder
1t Salt
1T Sugar
1. Cut the cucumbers into 4cm lengths.
2. Slit-cut the cucumber sections lengthwise, leaving about 1cm on end and make 4 slits.
3. Add salt to water and boil water.
4. Put the cucumbers in a bowl and pour hot salty water in it.
5. Drain water after 30 mins.
6. Chop chives into 1cm length.
7. Add minced garlic, minced ginger, chilly powder, sugar, and salt to chives and mix them well.
8. Fill the slit-cut cucumbers with the mix and stack the stuffed cucumbers in a container.
9. Keep the cucumber container outside in a room temperature for a day.
10. Move it to the refrigerator and serve it cold.
thank you v. much for this kimchi cucumber recipe…i was just in a korean restaurant today & they served one of these as side dishes and loved it! i’m gonna try it one of these days!
This recipe looks good but when you go to make it it would be helpful to know what size cucumbers, how much salt goes in the boiled water and that that salt is presumeably separate from the salt added to the seasoning mix. Also some of us are not in a position to get Korean red pepper flakes so a suggestion of perhaps how much italian red pepper flake may be used instead might be in order. Korean red pepper flakes are nowhere near as hot as the Italian ones and depending on the volume of the unknown size of cucumber the amount may vary widely to suit one’s tastes. I’ve faked it as best I could with this recipe…..we’ll see.
Thanks for your suggestion Steve. When I first started cooking and asked my mom how much salt I should put, she always told me “taste while you cook, and add more salt if it is too blend, if it is not, don’t put any more”. I asked her back how many spoonful of salt I should put, then she always repeated herself, “taste it and you will know”
Moms don’t follow recipes, but they just know. So it is quite challenging to me to come up with exact measurement.
But I promise I will try!