Cucumber And Wakame Pickles (kyuuri To Wakame No Amasuzuke)

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon dashi powder or 1 piece kombu seaweed, 4 inches square
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 4 tablespoons boiling water
• 1 whole dried red chili pepper (optional)
• 1 large english cucumber
• 2 tablespoons dried pre-cut wakame seaweed

Recipe

• 1 combine marinade ingredients in a zipper bag or non-metal bowl and shake/ stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 2 cut cucumber into thick slices or small chunks. place in marinade along with wakame.
• 3 refrigerate 2-3 hours or overnight. pour off marinade to serve.
• 4 notes: marinade can be reused once, simply boil, let col, and add fresh veggies. other veggies to try: turnips, carrots, radishes, daikon radishes.