Spicy Pickled Cucumbers Recipe
This quick and easy recipe for Spicy Pickled Cucumbers will knock your socks off. It's refreshing, spicy and crunchy, all at once.
Servings: 6
Calories: 111kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound small pickling cucumbers (Persian are great), washed and dried
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3½ tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2½ tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1½ tablespoons chili paste (Sambal Oelek is perfect)
Instructions
- Prepare the cucumbers. After the cucumbers are washed and dried, cut them into ¼ to ½ inch rounds and place them in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle them with the salt and gently mix. Let them sit for 20 minutes. Pour the salted cucumbers into a strainer and drain and rinse them with cold water. Dry them with paper towels and place them in a new mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Prepare the vinegar and marinate. In a small sauté pan, over low heat, warm the sugar with the vinegar only until it dissolves, about 2 minutes. Pour this over the cucumbers and gently mix. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let them marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Stir them once or twice during this time.
- Make chili oil. In a small sauté pan, heat the grapeseed oil with the sesame oil and chili paste. Cook only until it's sizzling, about 2 minutes. Stir and let it cool to room temperature.
- Add the chili oil, marinate and serve. Remove the cucumbers from the refrigerator. Stir in the chili oil and return them to the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and ideally overnight to continue to marinate.
Notes
Calorie count is only an estimate.
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcal