Quick-Pickled Cucumbers With Rice Vinegar Recipe

Name: Quick-Pickled Cucumbers With Rice Vinegar
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 cup rice wine vinegar; 1 cup water; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon Kosher salt; 4 cups thinly sliced Japanese or English cucumbers (about 3 Japanese or 1 English)

Why It Works

Rice vinegar is mild, but adds enough tartness to keep things bright.
This sweet, quick pickle is perfect on pork belly buns.

When making pork buns at home, there are a few things best picked up at the store (like the buns). Pickles, on the other hand, are something you can make better than store-bought at home. Much, much better. For applications like this, I like to use a quick, 15-minute pickle. They retain a bit of fresh bite and more of their crisp, light, cucumber flavor. Rice vinegar and sugar add just a touch of acidity and sweetness to them.

These pickles go great in these sous vide pork belly buns with pork braise mayonnaise.

October 2013

Quick-Pickled Cucumbers With Rice Vinegar

Prep 5 mins

Cook 15 mins

Active 10 mins

Total 20 mins

Serves 16 servings

1 cup rice wine vinegar
1 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
4 cups thinly sliced Japanese or English cucumbers (about 3 Japanese or 1 English)

Combine vinegar, water, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat. Add cucumber slices and stir. Cover with a clean kitchen towel or a double layer of heavy duty paper towels, pressing down until towel is saturated with liquid and in direct contact with the cucumbers. Let rest 10 minutes, then transfer cucumbers to a sealable container. Top up with liquid and discard the rest. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
22	Calories
0g	Fat
5g	Carbs
0g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 16
Amount per serving
Calories	22
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g	0%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 122mg	5%
Total Carbohydrate 5g	2%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 0mg	2%
Calcium 4mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 26mg	1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.