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Cucumber Kimchee

Here's how you make Cucumber Kimchee
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 cups vinegar (rice wine vinegar)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 cucumbers (English cucumbers, hothouse, 1/8-inch half-moon slices)
  • 2 onions, sliced (large red onions, 1/8-inch slices)
  • 1/2 cup garlic (sliced)
  • 1/4 cup chili flakes (Korean chile flakes, gocho-karu)
  • 4 Thai chiles (Thai bird chiles, halved, seeded)
  • 1 cup green onions (sliced in 1/2-inch pieces)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large non-reactive pan, heat the vinegar, sugar and salt. When boiling, add the cucumbers, onions, garlic, chile flake, chiles and scallions. Bring back to a boil, pull off heat and let stand to room temperature.

  • Step 2: Store in a glass jar with a loosened lid at room temperature to ferment slightly.

  • Step 3: After 2 days at room temperature, store in refrigerator.


We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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