Achara-zuke Pickles
Quick answer
- Total time
- 35 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 12
About this dish
Achara-zuke is a Fukuoka mixed pickle made from thinly cut cucumber, eggplant, lotus root, carrot, and wood ear mushroom in sweet vinegar with red chili.
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The cucumber and eggplant are salted to release water, while the firm vegetables are briefly boiled so each keeps a distinct bite. The vinegar mixture is brought to a boil, cooled completely, then combined with shiso and ginger before resting. It was prepared as a durable summer and Bon Festival dish before refrigeration and is now also served as an everyday side dish.
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Season
Combine 7ml rice vinegar, 30ml dashi, 20g sugar, 2g salt, and 7g thinly sliced red chili in a saucepan.
Bring once to a boil, turn off the heat, and cool completely to room temperature.
- 2Season
Halve 200g cucumber lengthwise, remove the seeds, and slice thinly.
Thinly slice 100g eggplant, divide the remaining 1.5g salt between both vegetables, and massage for 10 minutes.
- 3Heat
Thinly slice 100g lotus root and 50g carrot.
Boil for 2 minutes, drain thoroughly, spread out, and cool to room temperature.
- 4Season
Soak 10g dried wood ear mushroom in water, squeeze dry, and shred.
Rinse the salted cucumber and eggplant, then press firmly to remove excess water.
- 5Finish
Shred 5g shiso leaves and 10g ginger.
Mix them with all prepared vegetables and mushrooms in the cooled sweet vinegar. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to season, then serve with a little pickling liquid.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Cucumber and eggplant salted to remove water
- Finish cue
- Shred 5g shiso leaves and 10g ginger.
- Storage and reheating
- It was prepared as a durable summer and Bon Festival dish before refrigeration and is now also served as an everyday side dish.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official food safety guidance.
This recipe
35min, 12 ingredients
Category median
33min, 8 ingredients
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