Ginger Pickles

Name: Ginger Pickles
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 1 thumb-sized red chilli, sliced (optional); 300 g (10½ oz) baby cucumbers; 1 tbsp sea salt; 2 tsp light soy sauce; 3 tbsp caster sugar; 75 ml (2½ fl oz) rice vinegar; 3 cm (1¼ inch) ginger, julienned

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

My Asian Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2018

About

A little pickled element is an essential condiment for practically any Asian meal. If you want tasty pickles that don’t need days to cure, then this is a quick fix. The red chilli is optional if you like a bit of extra heat.

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz) baby cucumbers
1 tbsp sea salt</

Asia
Preserve
Vegan

Method

Slice the cucumbers 2 cm (¾ inch) thick, place in a sieve and toss with the salt. Leave for 30 minutes, rinse and dry well on a tea towel.

Add the remaining ingredients to a plastic container with