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Cabbage blanks always help out. If you want crispy, juicy and a little spicy cabbage, then picking up a quick-cooking recipe will not be difficult. The most popular is pickled cabbage. This method allows housewives not to spend a lot of time and keep all the useful qualities in cabbage. When pickling, the obligatory moment is the preparation of the marinade, which is poured or flavored with cabbage. The taste of the resulting dish depends on its composition and on the set of related components. But if a pickled vegetable has a Korean name, then there are immediately many more fans of such an appetizer. The advantage of dishes prepared according to this recipe is the ability to adjust the degree of hotness, spices and sweetness. Therefore, pickled cabbage in Korean is suitable for almost everyone. Even if you change the recommended proportions, it will still come out delicious. And most importantly, quickly.
Vegetable appetizer options
To prepare a wonderful Korean appetizer, different types of cabbage are used – Peking, white, cauliflower. Some even make amazing Korean-style salads from red forks. An important quality of the snack is that the cabbage does not need to be finely chopped. Cut it into strips, squares, large pieces – and your dish will look original and appetizing. Cauliflower is divided into medium-sized inflorescences. Beijing – cut in transverse stripes.
The next essential ingredients of Korean salads are garlic and hot peppers. Garlic is finely crushed or chopped, and pepper is often replaced with ground pepper. Although fresh or dry, but crushed, it will give a more savory taste.
Additional components are carrots and beets, grated for Korean salads. But you can just as well use a regular kitchen grater.
Instant Korean pickled cabbage does not require special skills. The whole process is very simple and can be done by any housewife, even if she decides to cook a spicy salad for the first time. Basic skills will be required in preparing the marinade and preparing vegetables.
White cabbage more Korean
A very simple and budget recipe for pickled cabbage in Korean. You can prepare a salad according to this description in summer, winter and in the off-season. It will be equally tasty and healthy. This is a quick, surprisingly beautiful and delicious snack. We will need carrots, white cabbage and spices for a classic Korean marinade. For one medium white head, it is enough:
- one large carrot;
- 100 ml of vegetable oil;
- two tablespoons of vinegar;
- one teaspoon of salt and coriander;
- two teaspoons of sugar;
- 0,5 teaspoons of cumin, allspice and hot pepper;
We start by preparing the main vegetables.
We clean the white cabbage from the upper leaves if they are dirty or spoiled. Immediately cut the head of cabbage in half, then each half into 4 more parts. Now it remains just to cut across into pieces – the cabbage is ready.
We put it in a spacious container, add granulated sugar and salt. Mix well and lightly press the pieces until juice appears. We leave it in a container.
Wash the carrots, peel and grate for Korean salads. If you do not have one, then a regular kitchen grater will do. It’s just that the shape of the carrot will be a little different, but this will not affect the taste of the dish.
Add peeled and finely chopped garlic to the carrots.
Now it’s time for marinating. But a small nuance. The recipe for Korean salads involves frying spices. We will do the same.
Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan. As soon as a light smoke appears, remove the pan from the heat and put the spices in the oil.
We calcine for 5-7 minutes, add to a container with carrots and garlic. Mix and combine with cabbage. Add vinegar to the mixture, mix again, cover with an inverted plate and put the load.
Leave in a warm place for 12 hours. That’s it, our instant Korean pickled cabbage is ready. If we put it in the basement or refrigerator, we can enjoy a delicious dish for several months.
Beautiful appetizer with beets
With the help of beets, you can give a familiar Korean-style snack a rich color. This salad will be a real decoration of the table. Vegetables in it are combined very harmoniously.
The dish is equally good in combination with other appetizers and in an independent version as an addition to a side dish. The main thing is that the dish is stored for several months.
We are cooking cabbage more Korean with beetroot.
For 3 kg of white cabbage, we need to take:
- 2 garlic heads;
- 200 grams of beets and carrots;
- 100 ml of vegetable oil;
- 200 ml of table vinegar;
- 5 tsp coarse salt;
- Xnumx g of granulated sugar.
We clean the cabbage heads from the top leaves, remove the stumps. Cut the leaves into squares.
Wash the beets, peel them, cut into thin slices.
Wash the carrots, peel and grate, preferably large.
Peel the garlic, divide into cloves and cut them in half.
Prepare a large saucepan and lay the vegetables in layers, adding garlic to each layer.
This recipe calls for marinating the cabbage. To prepare it, combine sugar, salt, vinegar and vegetable oil. Boil 1 liter of clean water and pour the mixture with boiling water. Mix thoroughly so that the salt and sugar dissolve and pour the marinade into the pan with vegetables. We press down with a load, let it brew for 3 days. By the end of the term, we will prepare sterile jars, put Korean-style pickled cabbage in them and put them in a cool place.
The most popular is the refrigerator. And the temperature is suitable and convenient to get at any time.
Tips from seasoned chefs
- Before you start cooking, be sure to read the recipe to the end. This should always be done so that during the cooking process you do not urgently have to look for any missing component.
- Even if you cook a small amount of vegetables, take a larger dish. Sometimes inexperienced housewives take small containers in which it is inconvenient to mix salads.
- If you are preparing a dish with a full range of spicy ingredients, use gloves to protect your hands and eyes.
- Do not be afraid to experiment and marinate different types of cabbage in Korean style. Colored – very tender, Peking has no cabbage smell and leads among other types in juiciness.
Surprise your family with delicious quick snacks that save you a lot of time.
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