Korean cucumber salad with carrots

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a Korean-style cucumber salad for the winter with carrots? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. In this preparation, you can even use wilted and overripe cucumbers and small carrots. Seasoning for Korean carrots can be taken either ready-made, which is sold in the store, or you can mix the spices yourself (paprika, red hot pepper, coriander). Read about the intricacies of preparing preparations for the winter in the article below the steps.

2. STEP 2

   

   Soak the cucumbers in cold water for a couple of hours. This way we will rid them of bitterness and they will become crispier.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the carrots in running water, peel and grate them on a Korean carrot grater, put them in a bowl, lightly salt them, and crush them a little with your hands to make them softer. If you don’t have a special grater, you can cut the carrots with a knife into thin strips. Use salt based on the total amount specified in the recipe.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut off the tails of the cucumbers on both sides and cut into thick strips. You can use a special curly knife for slicing (this kind of knife is used for slicing cheese). If you have cucumbers with seeds or thick skin, then it is better to remove the seeds and skin.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place the chopped cucumbers and carrots in a deep bowl or saucepan for easy mixing.

6. STEP 6

   

   Peel the garlic and grind the cloves through a press. Add the remaining salt, sugar, and spices to the garlic. If you use ready-made seasoning, you will need 20 grams of it.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add vinegar and vegetable oil to the spices and garlic in a bowl, mix everything well with a spoon. Try to dissolve salt and sugar. Most likely, it will not be possible to make the salt and sugar melt completely.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the spices, oil and vinegar into the vegetables. Mix everything well and leave for 1.5-2 hours to release the juice. After just 1.5 hours, the vegetables will release a sufficient amount of juice, but it’s even better to leave them overnight.

9. STEP 9

   

   In the meantime, let's work on the jars and lids. Wash them with baking soda and sterilize them over steam, in the oven, or in the microwave, whichever is more convenient for you. Wash the lids and boil in water for 5-10 minutes. After reading the article about sterilizing jars, you can easily choose the method that suits you. Link at the end of the recipe.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place vegetables in sterile jars. Korean cucumber salad for the winter with carrots looks more beautiful in small jars. Carefully place the cucumber slices near the walls of the jar, place the salad in the center as you like, and place the carrots on top.

11. STEP 11

    

    Fill the jars with the released juice from above to the very top. From the specified amount of products I got a little more than 2 liters of Korean cucumber salad for the winter with carrots.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the jars in a large saucepan, laying a cloth on the bottom in advance, cover with lids, fill with water up to the hangers of the jars and boil 0.5 liter jars for 10 minutes, 0.7 liter for 15 minutes, 1 liter for 25 minutes. Roll up (screw) the lids, wrap the upside down jars in a towel and leave until completely cool. Store the salad with cucumbers and carrots with Korean seasoning in a cool place. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Galla

07.09.2023

4.7

I love Korean salads, so the recipe for Korean cucumbers for the winter interested me, I’ll try it. I cooked zucchini the Korean way and I liked it.

Olga

07.09.2023

4.5

I was looking for a recipe using what was in the refrigerator for salad. I found a Korean-style cucumber salad for the winter with carrots. Only I made it not for the winter, but for dinner, but it still turned out winter, since it’s January outside. I cut the carrots with a knife, I think it’s not much different from grated ones. Oh, what an aroma there was, mixing garlic, spices, vinegar and oil made my mouth water. I kept it in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. The salad is easy to prepare, quick, even when cooking before you have eaten it is already delicious from the aroma. Rich green and orange colors, aromatic, piquant taste, this salad is ideal with beef.

Nata

07.09.2023

5

Korean cucumbers? Curious

Lidia Alexandrovna

07.09.2023

4.7

Very tasty Korean cucumbers with carrots. I made it as an appetizer for the table, and then I saved some jars for the winter; everyone really liked this salad!

oxana

07.09.2023

4.5

It looks very tasty. I'll definitely try it!

Devika

07.09.2023

4.8

Korean cucumbers with carrots for the winter are really delicious! I've been doing this for more than a year now. And how beautiful they are in a jar! I always put them in a prominent place in the cellar, but they disappear instantly

Shura

07.09.2023

4.8

Indeed, such cucumbers with carrots in Korean style will be a guest at any table, you can still cook them during Lent, so spicy and beautiful and they don’t take long to marinate, crispy and fresh, I’ll make them today, and tomorrow I’ll surprise my friends... Thank you!