"This is not your ordinary recipe for pickles. This is an Asian-inspired, sweet and sour, and spicy recipe for pickled easy cucumbers! With just a few recipes, you can create simple yet original pickles that you can serve with everything: salads, burgers, tacos, nachos, soups, side dishes…"
Spicy Sweet and Sour Pickled Cucumbers
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Prep time 40mins
Serves or Makes: 1
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ingredients
- 10 1/2 ounces (300g) sliced qukes, Lebanese, or English cucumbers
- 1 large thinly sliced shallot or red onion
- 1 1/2 cup white rice vinegar, or apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
- 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 1 heaping tablespoon grated or minced fresh ginger
Method
Step 1
Using a mandoline or a very sharp knife (be very careful when using the sharp knife!) slice your cucumbers and shallot or red onion. Push it to the bottom of a clean pickling jar and set aside.
Step 2
In a bowl, mix together rice or apple cider vinegar, white sugar, salt, chilli flakes, and fresh ginger. Stir until all sugar and salt are fully dissolved.
Step 3
Pour the brine over the cucumbers and shallot in the jar. Make sure they are fully covered with the brine.
Step 4
Let it sit for at least 30 minutes before eating. Serve as a side dish or on your burgers, tacos, nachos, pizzas etc.
Step 5
Once open the jar can be stored in a fridge for up to 1 week.