Wind down your day with this nourishing korean Korean-style Cucumber Pickles (oijangajji:오이장아찌). A well-balanced dinner is essential for women managing PCOS, as it supports overnight hormone regulation and helps prepare the body for restful sleep. This recipe combines wholesome ingredients that support both satiety and metabolic health.
This recipe pairs well with a side of leafy greens or a simple mixed salad to add extra fiber and micronutrients to your dinner.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Delicious pickles, and how to make 2 authentic sidedishes from them!
Full recipe: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/oijangajji
How to make Korean style salty cucumber pickles (oijangajji):
Ingredients:
Kirby cucumbers (5 pound: 2.5 kilograms), water, kosher salt, vinegar, apples
1. Wash and drain 5 pounds of cucumbers.
2. In a large pot put 9 cups water, 1 cup salt, and 1 cup vinegar.
3. Remove the cores from two small apples. Slice the apples thinly and put them into the pot.
4. Stir the pot of brine and apple slices with a wooden spoon until the salt on the bottom of the pot has dissolved.
5. Bring to a boil over high heat for about 40 minutes.
6. Strain the cooked apples.
7. Put the cucumbers into the hot brine. Turn them over with a wooden spoon
8. Let the pot sit until the brine cools down.
9. Move the cucumbers into a glass jar and pour the brine over the cucumbers.
10. Close the lid and let it sit for 12-24 hours at room temperature
11. Drain the cucumbers by pouring out the brine into a pot.
12. Boil the brine again for 10 minutes to sterilize it.
*tip: leave the cucumber in the jar
13. Turn off the heat and let the brine cool down.
14.Pour the brine into the cucumbers and refrigerate it.
*tip: Wait at least 1 week to start eating
Yes, one week! : )
Ok, let's make two kinds of authentic side dishes with oijangajji!
Oijangajji muchim (Korean style cucumber pickle side dish)
Ingredients:
2 pickled cucumbers (about ¾ to 1 cup), hot pepper flakes, garlic, green onion, green chili pepper, honey, sesame oil, roasted sesame seeds
Directions:
1. Slice 2 cucumber pickles thinly and put them into a mixing bowl.
2. Add 1-2 ts of hot pepper flakes, 1 clove of minced garlic, 1 tbs chopped green onion, 2 ts chopped green chile pepper, ½ ts honey, and ½ ts sesame oil. Mix well with your hand.
3. Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle ½ tbs roasted sesame seeds.
Serve with rice!
Oijangajji naengguk (cold cucumber pickle soup)
Ingredients:
2 cucumber pickles, garlic, vinegar, hot pepper flakes, salt, green onion, green chile pepper, red chile pepper or red bell pepper, honey, and ice cubes
Directions:
1. Slice 2 pickled oijangajji thinly and put it into a glass bowl.
2. Add 1 clove of minced garlic, 2 ts vinegar, 1 ts hot pepper flakes, 1 ts salt, 1 tbs chopped green chile pepper, 1 tbs chopped green onion, 1 tbs chopped red bell pepper or red chile pepper, 1 ts honey, and combine it with a spoon.
3. Add 1 cup purified water, 7-8 ice cubes , and mix it.
Serve with rice.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Sesame Seeds, Honey, Apples.
Sesame seeds help with progesterone balance. Lignans found in in sesame seeds help to prevent excess estrogen production. Honey, often hailed as a superfood, possesses a wealth of nutritional benefits that make it a valuable addition to a balanced diet. With a glycemic index (GI) of 55 for one tablespoon, honey is considered a moderate GI food. This means it does not spike blood sugar levels as high or as quickly as high-GI foods, making it a better choice for maintaining steady energy levels an...
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