Korean-style Cucumber Pickles (oijangajji)

Delicious pickles, and how to make 2 authentic sidedishes from them!
Full recipe: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/oijangajji


How to make Korean style salty cucumber pickles (oijangajji):
Ingredients:
Kirby cucumbers (5 pound: 2.5 kilograms), water, kosher salt, vinegar, apples

1. Wash and drain 5 pounds of cucumbers.
2. In a large pot put 9 cups water, 1 cup salt, and 1 cup vinegar.
3. Remove the cores from two small apples. Slice the apples thinly and put them into the pot.

4. Stir the pot of brine and apple slices with a wooden spoon until the salt on the bottom of the pot has dissolved.
5. Bring to a boil over high heat for about 40 minutes.
6. Strain the cooked apples.
7. Put the cucumbers into the hot brine. Turn them over with a wooden spoon
8. Let the pot sit until the brine cools down.
9. Move the cucumbers into a glass jar and pour the brine over the cucumbers.
10. Close the lid and let it sit for 12-24 hours at room temperature
11. Drain the cucumbers by pouring out the brine into a pot.
12. Boil the brine again for 10 minutes to sterilize it.
*tip: leave the cucumber in the jar
13. Turn off the heat and let the brine cool down.
14.Pour the brine into the cucumbers and refrigerate it.
*tip: Wait at least 1 week to start eating

Yes, one week! : )
Ok, let's make two kinds of authentic side dishes with oijangajji!

Oijangajji muchim (Korean style cucumber pickle side dish)
Ingredients:
2 pickled cucumbers (about ¾ to 1 cup), hot pepper flakes, garlic, green onion, green chili pepper, honey, sesame oil, roasted sesame seeds
Directions:
1. Slice 2 cucumber pickles thinly and put them into a mixing bowl.
2. Add 1-2 ts of hot pepper flakes, 1 clove of minced garlic, 1 tbs chopped green onion, 2 ts chopped green chile pepper, ½ ts honey, and ½ ts sesame oil. Mix well with your hand.
3. Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle ½ tbs roasted sesame seeds.
Serve with rice!
Oijangajji naengguk (cold cucumber pickle soup)
Ingredients:
2 cucumber pickles, garlic, vinegar, hot pepper flakes, salt, green onion, green chile pepper, red chile pepper or red bell pepper, honey, and ice cubes
Directions:
1. Slice 2 pickled oijangajji thinly and put it into a glass bowl.
2. Add 1 clove of minced garlic, 2 ts vinegar, 1 ts hot pepper flakes, 1 ts salt, 1 tbs chopped green chile pepper, 1 tbs chopped green onion, 1 tbs chopped red bell pepper or red chile pepper, 1 ts honey, and combine it with a spoon.
3. Add 1 cup purified water, 7-8 ice cubes , and mix it.

Serve with rice.

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[typhoidmary34]

Hi Maangchi, is this the same type of pickle that I see made with the long slender korean cucumbers?

[Maangchi]

@typhoidmary34 yes, it is. It's very salty, so you will have to eat with steamed rice. Happy New Year!

[Stephaniebobo]

Hi, Maangchi, I love your recipes always. Would you please tell me what is the purpose of using the apple in it. And if I just eat it after soap it one week, as I not eat spicy, so will it be too salty. Do I need to add sugar? Please teach me if you have time to read this message. Thanks for your recipes before and after and future.

[Maangchi]

@Stephaniebobo I used apple for flavor and sweetness but you can use sugar.

[TemLo5425]

A.Thanks, i'm sure Maaangchi enjoys hers, too.

B. no one HAS to add as much salt as in the video. "adjust to taste"

C. that was very rude, Maangchi is taking the time to share her wonderful food and culture with us, and for that we thank her.

[FCK27]

Oh man some times i dont know what to cook i just wished if there was a 1-800-maangchi

[delightracardeanne]

Just a question, Maangchi, when you have examples of things you've made a week prior to the recording, do you give the extra as gifts, or do you throw it out? Just curious! I always wonder what chefs do when they have so much! :-)

[xenia31479]

@Maangchi oh ok~ i can't wait thanks a lot!

[Maangchi]

@xenia31479 different, the recipe will be posted someday in the futre. Thank you!

[xenia31479]

@Maangchi

Ah I see. And is it made the same way you make the cucumber pickles as you show us in your video or there is another recipe? ^^

[Maangchi]

@xenia31479 Yangpa Jangahjji Yangpa is onion and jangahjji is pickles.

[xenia31479]

Hi maangchi! when i go to the korean restaurant near my neighborhood usually with the kimchi they bring us side dishes..in one of them there is this pickled i guess onion! it's sooooooooo tasty that i want to eat only this haha!

do you know what is called and how can i make it?

thanks :)