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Japanese-style quick pickle

Put a Japanese spin on your pickles with this recipe. Serve with homemade sushi or your choice of meat.

  • Time to make: 35 mins, plus 2 hours chilling
  • Serving: 8 people
Ratings: 4.3
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 carrots, julienned (see tips)
  • 1 cucumber, julienned
  • 1 banana shallot, or a regular shallot, thinly sliced
  • 3 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 4 radishes, thinly sliced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 5cm piece of ginger, grated
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-salt soy sauce
  • 4 teaspoons sugar
  • 3 tablespoons apple, white wine or rice wine vinegar
  • ¹/³ cup chopped fresh coriander or thyme.
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a colander, place first 5 ingredients. Toss through salt and leave for 20 minutes. Rinse and drain well.

    2 In a medium bowl, combine ginger, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and coriander.

    3 Add vegetables, toss and chill for 2-3 hours before serving. Use on day of making.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check soy sauce and vinegar are gluten free.

    Make it vegan: Use a vegan vinegar.

    HFG tip

    If you don’t have a julienne peeler, use a vegetable peeler to create ribbons or grate the carrot and cucumber.

    Ideal with sushi, cold meats, fish or kebabs.

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