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Kyuri Asa-zuke (Japanese Lightly Pickled Cucumbers)

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Kyuri Asa-zuke are Japanese lightly pickled cucumbers. The recipe uses Japanese cucumbers (a thin-skinned, lightly-seeded cucumber), but if you can’t find them, you can substitute an English cucumber, mini seedless cucumbers, or a garden cucumber that has been peeled and deseeded.

Ingredients

  • 3 whole Japanese Cucumbers
  • ¾ teaspoons Fine Grain Sea Salt
  • 1 piece Kombu, 1 1/2 Inches, Cut Into Thin Shreds With Kitchen Shears
  • 7 Tablespoons Water
  • 3 Tablespoons Seasoned Rice Vinegar
  • ½ teaspoons Granulated Sugar

Preparation

Note: these take about 10 minutes to prepare, but then have to marinate for 12 hours in the refrigerator.

1. Wash the cucumbers and pat them dry. Rub the cucumbers with the salt, then cut them into 1/2-inch slices and place in a glass pint-sized jar. If the pieces don’t all fit, you can remove pieces and gently press down on the pieces in the jar to make them fit. Add the kombu to the jar.

2. Mix the water, vinegar, and sugar together in a separate container and then pour the mixture over the cucumbers. Cover the top of the jar with plastic wrap, and then screw the lid in place. The plastic wrap prevents the vinegar from touching the metal of the lid (which will affect the flavor of the pickles).

4. Put the cucumbers in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 12 hours. Shake the jar up and down occasionally so the marinade penetrates the cucumber slices well. Each time you take cucumber slices out of the jar, make sure and reseal it with the plastic wrap before replacing the lid.

You can also add soy sauce, chili pepper, or sesame oil to the marinade according to your tastes.

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sammyiam on 8.3.2010

What is Kombu and where would I get it?

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Stormy on 4.17.2010

I just polished off a jar of these. I loved them. The longer they marinated in the jar, the better they got. I used mini seedless cucumbers that I found at WalMart. I had everything else on hand. I did add chili pepper to give them a kick. Wonderful! I love pickles. I highly recommend these and they are so easy to make. Thanks Fujimama for sharing this recipe.

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