Despite the year-round abundance of fresh vegetables and fresh fruits, one often wants something spicy and salty. You can, of course, purchase a jar of pickled or pickled cucumbers at the supermarket, but it is possible that they will not satisfy your taste needs. But delicious salted cucumbers, the recipe for which will be given below, you can cook quickly yourself.
How to make salted cucumbers at home as quickly as possible
There are about as many ways to quickly pickle cucumbers as there are housewives in the world who are fond of canning. Even inveterate bachelors do not deny themselves the pleasure of enjoying a crispy cucumber. They even invented a way in which they do not even need to be filled with brine, but they are ready in literally 20 minutes.
Want to learn how to make salted cucumbers at home in half an hour? Then read on.
For this method of salting you will need:
- cucumbers (1 kg of small fruits with a thin skin covered with pimples);
- salt (a tablespoon is enough);
- sugar (one teaspoon);
- garlic (3-4 cloves);
- greens (dill, parsley, tarragon)
- plastic bag (normal - for food).
My cucumbers, cut into slices, put in a bag. We send all the other ingredients there. It is desirable to cut greens, but if you really do not want to mess around, then you can put it like that. The main thing - do not forget to wash it too. We tie the neck of the bag and vigorously shake its contents so that the sugar and salt are evenly distributed over the entire inner surface. Now two paths are open to you:
- either put the bag in the refrigerator and forget about it for 5-6 hours;
- Or do physical exercises and start a meal in 20 minutes.
If you are eager to feast, then take this bag, for safety, put it in another bag and ... start shaking vigorously. Yes, you can put it in the washing machine and start the cycle, but no one guarantees that the packages will remain intact. So it’s better not to be engineering savvy, but to work with your hands. After 20 minutes of vigorous shaking, the product is ready.
How to make salted cucumbers at home in brine
Depending on how quickly you want to get ready-made cucumbers, you can again go in two ways - lightly salt them in either hot or cold brine. There is practically no difference in taste, so everything depends on speed and, again, on your laziness.
If you decide that you have nowhere to hurry, then you can not even cook the brine, but simply put cucumbers and spices in a jar and pour them with water. You will need:
- 2 kilograms of cucumbers;
- 70-90 g of salt;
- horseradish (root and foliage);
- bell pepper and bitter;
- twigs with leaves of cherry and black currant;
- tarragon;
- inflorescences of dill;
- black pepper peas;
- garlic.
Cucumbers must be soaked in cold water for a couple of hours. All greens must be washed. Peel and chop the horseradish root. You can cut it as you like: slices, slices or circles. Garlic cloves can also be cut into a couple of parts. The "butt" of the cucumbers can not be cut, they will still be salted. At the bottom of the container is placed a third of greenery (horseradish leaves, tarragon and dill inflorescences), cucumbers are placed vertically. Just do not try to fill the jar as tightly as possible, otherwise they will not please you with their crunch. Between them in each jar place a pair of cloves of garlic, a sprig of cherry and currant, leaves and slices of horseradish root, chopped pepper. Boil one and a half liters of water with salt. Yes, this is very similar to pickling, but don’t worry, you will get salted cucumbers. For the winter, all workpieces and utensils need to be sterilized, and now we have only done rinsing under the tap.
If you fill your pickles with hot pickle, you can serve cucumbers to the table the very next day. And in the cold, they will have to stand for at least a day. Now you know how to make salted cucumbers at home. They turned out to be delicious and crispy. No wonder you added so many spicy seasonings to them.