12 Best Winter King Cucumber Recipes
Vegetable salad, in which the main thing is cucumbers with onions, is an uncomplicated appetizer, but incredibly popular and versatile for any menu. That is why this recipe for cucumbers was named so - "Winter King". It is possible to eat these canned food not only on your own, but it is allowed to use it for preparing first courses (pickle, kharcho), second courses (stew in a pot).
Features of cooking cucumber salad "Winter King" for the winter
Before preparing a snack, cucumbers need to be immersed for an hour or two in cold water - so they will definitely not taste bitter, and if the summer is dry, they will absorb water and later will not pull out excess brine from the jar (lowering its level shortens the shelf life).
The specifics of the choice of ingredients
It is recommended to choose pickled cucumbers, recognizable by their thin skin and black thorns. You can take substandard cucumbers - overripe, crooked. Onions should be tried raw - they should be sweet.
Container preparation rules
The "Winter King" itself usually does not require sterilization, so the jars need to be prepared - sterilized thoroughly. You can wash them with hot water and soda, rinse with boiling water and dry them in an oven heated to 110 ° C and immediately turned off.
Cooking recipes
Any variation of the appetizer is allowed to be made more interesting, to make changes like new spices.
Classic salad
Ingredients:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 50 g sugar;
- 400 g onions;
- a couple of dill twigs;
- 1 glass of sunflower oil;
- 20 g table salt;
- 60 ml vinegar;
- ground black pepper;
- 3 bay leaves.
Procedure:
- chop the cucumbers into slices, the onions - in half rings, cut the dill with a knife;
- combine vegetables with herbs, stir in vinegar, sugar, pepper, oil, salt and set aside for half an hour;
- simmer over low heat until the color changes, fill the jars with appetizer, tighten the lids.
Carrot option
What you need:
- 2 kg of cucumbers;
- 60 g sugar;
- 750 g carrots;
- 12 cloves of garlic;
- 40 g table salt;
- fresh dill;
- 100 ml vinegar;
- 4 laurel leaves;
- 8 allspice peas.
How to cook:
- chop the cucumbers into cubes, carrots into strips, chop the greens, chop the garlic with a press, add sugar, mix, set aside for half an hour;
- add other products, heat until boiling and immediately remove from heat;
- transfer the workpiece to a glass container and close the lids.
With garlic
Ingredients:
- 2 kg of cucumbers;
- 100 g sugar;
- 750 g onions;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- 0.5 tsp mustard seeds;
- 60 ml vinegar;
- 20 g table salt;
- 0.5 cups of refined oil.
Procedure:
- chop cucumbers into cubes, onions into strips, chop the garlic in a press, chop the herbs;
- combine vegetables, sprinkle with sugar, mustard, salt, pour in oil, remove for 1 hour;
- Heat to a boil over low heat, add vinegar and count down for 5 minutes;
- divide the salad into glass containers, close the lids.
With tomatoes
What you need:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 1 kg of tomatoes (red and yellow);
- 14 cloves of garlic;
- fresh cilantro, dill, parsley;
- 1 glass of vegetable oil;
- 40 g rock salt;
- 100 ml vinegar;
- 5 pieces. carnations;
- coriander.
How to cook:
- chop cucumbers into slices, tomatoes - into slices;
- chop the garlic with a press, chop the herbs;
- mix vegetables with the rest of the ingredients, set the dishes aside for 1.5 hours;
- lay the workpiece tightly over the jars and sterilize them.
With celery
Ingredients:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 600 g onions;
- 200 g stalked celery;
- 20 g table salt;
- 60 g sugar;
- red dry paprika;
- 50 ml vinegar.
Procedure:
- chop cucumbers in slices, onions - into cubes, celery - in short cuts, salt, mix, set aside for half an hour;
- add the rest of the products, boil for 3 minutes;
- put the salad in a glass container, tighten the lids.
With sweet pepper
What you need:
- 2 kg of cucumbers;
- 500 g fresh paprika;
- 40 g table salt;
- 750 g carrots;
- 400 g onions;
- 100 ml vinegar;
- 80 g sugar;
- ground black pepper.
How to cook:
- chop cucumbers and carrots in circles, pods peeled from seeds - in strips, onions - in half rings, stir, set aside for half an hour;
- stir in the rest of the products, heat until boiling and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes;
- fill the cans with the blank and roll up the lids.
Combine with sterilization
Ingredients:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 20 g table salt;
- 500 g onions;
- fresh dill;
- 50 ml vinegar;
- 50 g sugar;
- 6 peas of black pepper.
Procedure:
- send bulbs to the combine - use medium mode;
- chop cucumbers in the same way and combine them with onions;
- chop the greens with a knife;
- add greens, peppers, sugar to vegetables, salt, set aside for half an hour;
- add vinegar to everything, put the salad in a glass container and sterilize.
With peeled cucumbers
What you need:
- 3 kg of cucumbers;
- 100 g sugar;
- 1.5 kg of tomatoes;
- 250 g onions;
- 12 cloves of garlic;
- 20 g rock salt;
- 0.5 cups of sunflower oil;
- 100 ml apple cider vinegar;
- 420 ml of water.
How to cook:
- simmer the tomatoes cut into slices in water for 25 minutes, then puree, discard the skins and return the mass to the water;
- stir in oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, boil for 3 minutes;
- peel and cut cucumbers into cubes, onions - in half rings, garlic - in slices;
- transfer all vegetables to tomato mass and count out 5 minutes;
- move the snack into glass containers, screw the lids back on.
Sugarless
Ingredients:
- 2 kg of cucumbers;
- 300 g onions;
- 200 g carrots;
- 6 cloves of garlic;
- 40 g table salt;
- 120 ml vinegar;
- 2/3 cup sunflower oil
- fresh dill.
Procedure:
- grate the carrot root vegetable on the coarse side, chop the cucumbers with onions into cubes, chop the dill and garlic with a knife, mix;
- mix with other products, set aside for two and a half hours;
- bring to a boil, lower the heat to low and count down for half an hour;
- put the workpiece in jars, roll up the lids.
With parsley
What you need:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 50 g sugar;
- 500 g onions;
- fresh parsley and dill;
- 20 g table salt;
- 50 ml vinegar;
- 15 peas of allspice.
How to cook:
- chop cucumbers into cubes, onions - into cubes, chop the herbs, salt, stir, set aside for 30 minutes;
- add everything else and boil for 5 minutes;
- spread the workpiece on the glass container, tighten the lids.
Raw salad
Ingredients:
- 2 kg of cucumbers;
- 200 g onions;
- 20 cloves of garlic;
- 80 g table salt;
- ground black pepper;
- 70 ml vinegar.
Procedure:
- chop cucumbers into slices, onions - in half rings, chop the garlic with a press, knead;
- combine pepper with salt and vinegar, mix with vegetables, put them in the refrigerator for 8 hours;
- put the salad in a glass container, pour also the juice that has separated out and roll up the lids.
Spicy salad
What you need:
- 2.5 kg of cucumbers;
- 1 kg of leeks;
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1 PC. garlic;
- 120 ml vinegar;
- 20 g table salt;
- 10 black peppercorns;
- 8 allspice peas;
- 5 bay leaves;
- 8 blackcurrant and cherry leaves.
How to cook:
- cut cucumbers into circles, garlic and onions - chop coarsely, mix, remove for 30 minutes;
- add the rest of the ingredients, wait another half hour;
- fill jars with snacks and sterilize them.
How to store preservation in an apartment
Up to six months, the snack is perfectly stored at room temperature - up to +16 ° C ... + 18 ° C, in a place protected from direct sunlight. After opening the container, the product is mixed, placed in the refrigerator and consumed within 7-10 days.
