Pickled Radish and Carrots

[Chris_in_SoCal]

As I have posted before I love Korean food. One of my favorites is pickled radish. I came across a recipe I liked for pickled radish and carrots. They were very fine cuts which isn't what I wanted so I went with thicker cuts. I was able to get a large Diakon radish today and wasn't sure if I wanted to add carrots or not but decided to in the end.

This is a fast one day pickle from the recipe, maybe a little longer with my thick cuts.

1 large Diakon radish
3 carrots

Brine:
1 cup water
1 cup raw sugar
1 cup rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon of salt

Heat the brine in a pot until the salt and sugar dissolve. Let it cool to room temp. cut up the veg and add it all into a pickling jar. Sit at room temp for 4-5 hours then refrigerate.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Did you peel the radish so it would not turn the brine pink.
And is a Diakon radish hotter than a regular one.

David

 

[forktender]

Did you peel the radish so it would not turn the brine pink.
And is a Diakon radish hotter than a regular one.

David

Diakons, are white and about the size of your forearm. They are very mild compared to red radishes.

I love them pickled, my brine is very similar 90s brine, although I generally just wing the measurements and tweak things to taste.


Nice work 90, I bet it is great on a pork sandwich., I love Korean sandwiches as well.
Dan.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

forktender pretty much nailed it. Diakons are nothing like the typical American small round red ones. When pickled they have a sweet sharp but hard taste something similar but at the same time different than an Asian pear.

Yes I did skin it and wasted much of it to get as perfect of slices as I could from it. It was huge ( 1.5" round by about 14" long) so I had no problem using only the best cuts for it.

I tossed the waste into my compost. The same with the carrot waste.

This should be great for my next round of KFC Korean Fried Chicken.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Here is an update. They taste very good. Kind of a weird taste on their own but they should go really well with Korean Fried Chicken. I will cook up a bunch of it for my wife's birthday later this month. We will have a bunch of people over for her 50th and she asked me to make Korean Fried Chicken. This bottle will be gone that day I'm sure.