Kimchi III 오이 소박이

Third kimchi experiment:

Cucumber kimchi!!!

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My main tutor this time:

<Updated on 06 Aug>

Ingredients:

8~10 baby cucumbers

5 cups water

Half cup coarse sea salt

<<Extra Stuffing : >>

1 baby carrot

2 spring onions

<<Sauce : >>

4 cups red pepper powder

1~2 Tbsp Fish Sauce

1~2 Tbsp Water (Optional)

1 Tbsp Sugar

1 Tbsp Minced Garlic

1tsp Minced Ginger

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Cut into short pieces (either bite-size or finger-size, up to you)
cut a Cross through the cucumber, but not all the way through!! (it's for stuffing later)

Boil 5 Cups of water plus 1 cup of coarse salt.
When boiled, off fire. Put in cucumbers and soak for 50 mins.
(Here you can see how the cucumbers are cut with "crosses" more clearly)

Cut the spring onions and baby carrots. Minced the garlic and ginger.

Just for intro, this is Fish Sauce~
For vegetarian, can substitute this with soy sauce.

Mix red pepper powder, sugar, fish sauce, water (optional), minced garlic and ginger.
After mix well, add in carrot and spring onion, and mix again.

After soaking in the hot salted water for 50 mins, rinse the cucumbers with cold water (~3 times).
After which, stuff in the mixture :)
Try to make all surface with the sauce~

And Ta-Da!!! Done!!!
Put in container, into the fridge, and wait~~~~

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